We so deeply need people that we often forget the importance of boundaries. But what are we giving up in surrendering our boundaries? Quotes from G. Fisher & more. When emotions take over, they tend to make us slightly pitiful around the edges. We need to develop a parent to control the toddler. Quotes from […]
Paying attention to what we say allows us to gain insight and promote change through our speech. With quotes from Heschel, Orwell & Eadie. The difference between being busy and productive is just about everything. Which are we? With quotes from H.D Thoreau, W. Penn & more. We’re constantly concerned with how other people view […]
There are obvious episodes of what we may consider good fortune, such as winning a large sum of money. Most of the time, though, it simply means that circumstances outside of our control are agreeable enough that they do not inhibit us. Bad fortune means that we have been handed a difficult set of circumstances. […]
Proverbs are nuggets of wisdom, passed down through centuries which we can still learn from today. “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Proverbs are nuggets of wisdom, passed down through centuries which we can still learn from today. ‘’Don’t Cast Pearls Before Swine.’ Paying attention to what we say allows us […]
And despite what we sometimes wish to believe, we do not function well in isolation. It is not somewhere we’re supposed to be. When we do something that others disapprove of, a distinctly uncomfortable sensation comes over us; warning us of our misstep. We usually can’t alleviate it until we feel we have in some […]
Jane Austen in 1814 said; “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be”. Instead of believing that feelings of low self-esteem must be cast away immediately, first hear what they have to say. Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) is quoted as saying “A human being […]
I am, like many people in the world I think, feeling significantly displaced. What is our role? Like actors gracing the stage, every day we wake to a role; or to be more accurate, various roles. Quotes from Shakespeare, Herbert & more. Get out of your own way. Once the obstruction is released there is […]
Exploring Philosophy, Virtue Marcus Aurelius was once the most powerful man on earth- a Roman Emperor. ‘Meditations’ reveals ‘The Philosopher’; a king concerned with being a good man. Including quotes from Meditations. Meaning There are many things we wish we could change to be closer to who we want to be; the difficulty comes in […]
A celestial map, 1670, Frederik de Wit The Design Argument, or the Teleological Argument (from Greek origin of ‘Telos’ meaning end or result, and ‘logy’ meaning reason), is thought by many to originate, like so many other ideas, with ancient Greek philosopher Socrates (470- 399 BC). Xenophon, in Memorabilia, quoted Socrates as saying; “With such […]
‘A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience’, so said Miguel de Cervantes. This week’s proverb: “You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.” ‘A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience’, so said Miguel de Cervantes. This week’s proverb: “An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper.” ‘A […]
“The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes — openly bad and secretly […]
‘A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience’, so said Miguel de Cervantes. This week’s proverb: “You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.” ‘A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience’, so said Miguel de Cervantes. This week’s proverb: “The best of men are but men at […]
The truth hits us like a hurricane and our house built with lies falls down around us. When we are left with rubble, what do we do? One thing is for sure, we don’t want to build another shoddy structure. That means we need to find some new building materials. We know now how devastating […]
What to Do with Exhaustion | In Other Words
Engage the quads, engage the calf, flex the foot, alert the hip and all together now, lift! The sand that has replaced the inners of our arms is weighty, our hands now rattling off our knees. Our back has forgotten the shape of an ‘I’ and has instead opted for a well-rounded ‘C’. It slumps […]