“Don’t take your thoughts seriously. The voice inside your head is repetitive, loud, habitual, negative, and involuntary, to say the least.”
Source: “Don’t take your thoughts seriously. The voice inside your head is repetitive,…
We need a litany, a rosary, a sutra, a mantra
Yes…
After a run of darkness (Orlando, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Minnesota, Nice), Rebecca Solnit writes an essay for The Guardian titled “Hope is an Embrace of the Unknown” on living in dark times. I’ve shared a few excerpts below.
After a rain mushrooms appear on the surface of the earth as if from nowhere. Many come from a sometimes vast underground fungus that remains invisible and largely unknown. What we call mushrooms, mycologists call the fruiting body of the larger, less visible fungus. Uprisings and revolutions are often considered to be spontaneous, but it is the less visible long-term organising and groundwork – or underground work – that often laid the foundation…
…our hope is in the dark around the edges, not the limelight of centre stage. Our hope and often our power…
What startled me about the response to disaster was not the virtue, since virtue is…
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Change Your Life by Changing the Stories You Tell Yourself
We all tell ourselves stories about ourselves and what we can do. If you want to change your life, first you need to change your limiting story.
Source: Change Your Life by Changing the Stories You Tell Yourself
Why the stories you tell yourself decide your success
Start getting very real with yourself, about the stories you’re telling yourself. Here’s a huge hint: They are also the stories you tell others to explain yourself. Especially pay attention to when, regardless of topic, you receive a gratifying rush of positive emotion when your audience empathizes with your story. Narratives that evoke positive feelings when others “get it” represent the absolute bleeding edge of story-based identity creation. When you tell someone a tale about who you are, why you’re doing X or why X is happening to you and they really get it, you’re unconsciously seeking validation. You’re testing out a new component of identity you’d like to adopt and your listener is giving you a big ol’ thumbs up.The problem with this? Even if that particular narrative is a limiting explanation for why you can’t achieve what you want. Toxic stories will still elicit positive emotions when people “get” you.
Source: Why the stories you tell yourself decide your success | Peter Shallard
The Power of Saying Sorry
This short animated video suggests we should stop insisting we’re always right and say we’re sorry. An apology won’t make you weaker in your partner’s eyes.
Source: The Power of Saying Sorry (When You Don’t Want To) – Mindful
Kitten meets dog for the first time #caturday
Watching this kitten meet a dog for the first time is like mainlining cuteness straight …
Source: Cute kitten meets dog for the first time – Holy Kaw!
Presence
Presence by Deepak Chopra / P stands for Presence / Today I will find my soul here and now / This affirmation is about the present moment / Make this your promise for today / Try
Source: Deepak Chopra – Presence Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
btw, these meditations are featured on the Heart Meditations radio station on Pandora. I listen to it while I blog in the morning…
How to Use Your Anger to Help Yourself
We grew up hearing that anger is a weakness. It’s shameful. It’s a monster. But I’ve learned that anger can actually be helpful if we know how to manage it.
Owning our authority
I’m posting this specifically for my good friend @michaelrohrer of I Am Michael, Hear Me Rohrer…
6 Essential Tips to Simplify Life
Life can be overwhelming. Simplifying life can be a life-changer. Let these 6 practical tips inspire you to change a few things in life to live at your best…
What should I do if my spouse always blames me for things?
I wish that I owned this advice…
Old man strength
Don’t trust a book by its cover, the old saying goes. And for that …
Source: Professional weightlifter dresses up as old man, challenges lifters at Muscle Beach – Holy Kaw!
7 Mantras that Will Stop You from Taking Things Personally
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally. Let these mantras guide you.
Source: 7 Mantras that Will Stop You from Taking Things Personally
Choose Your Life, Don’t Settle for It
Ten years from now, make sure you can say you chose your life, you didn’t settle for it.
Bright, shiny objects! 
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