- The conscience never needs validation
- Seems is always unified, soothing, and practical.
- The mind usually makes you nervous
- You’re not really sure if it is the right thing to do
- You actually are a good person
- It isn’t a trick
- It will always be that way no matter what
- The soul and conscience are never tarnished.
- Where you should direct all your energy to make the world a better place
- Is where you should be
- Learn how to love all and exclude none
- That which creates sustainibility is good
Tag: Happiness
Think That You Are Too Small To Change Someone's Life?
Tell that to a four-millimeter kidney stone that one-hundred-percent blocks your ureter!
Better yet: talk to the person who owns that ureter. They will also tell you that you are wrong!
What Yoga Provides
Yoga gives you space.
In that space you will:
- Safely discover all of the things that are “wrong” about you
- Find that none of them matter or say anything about you
- Decide whether or not you need to do something about them
- Decide what else ought to be done… with your life
Men, Trauma, Rage And A Path To Wholeness
Trauma has two parts. The first part is created when you experience events that exceed your emotional capacity.
You can be one month old and accrue trauma when you don’t get fed in time. It is true; that does fit the definition. You can accrue trauma when you are one year old and you don’t get to eat that entire chocolate bar despite your biggest wails. This isn’t to diminish trauma survivors experience, rather it is a place to start making sense of the mechanics of trauma. As we grow older the opportunities for trauma typically grow in diversity. All of those events result in the same aftermath; retaining the event within our nervous system.
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They Who Have Always Been There For You
Imagine your surprise when you discover that mitochondrial cells inside you do nothing but generate energy for you to go about your day. They expect nothing. Take care of them or not; they don’t care. The only thing they care about is setting you up for success. There are more.
Cut your finger and white blood cells rush to your aid. They don’t care what you did. They don’t care about your failures. They don’t care what horrible thing you did. They are there for you. They are there to help.
Your heart keeps pumping. Nobody asked it to do so. It just keeps running and running and running, all for you.
This is true love.
Respecting Your Limits Means Respecting Yourself
Accepting yourself for who you are doesn’t always mean respecting yourself. If you identify as male, then you are especially suspect here: part of being a person who identifies as male today means that you only compare yourself to the top 1%. The cult of exceptional-ism is strong, alive, and well today.
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Your Health Is Your Wealth
Your health is your wealth.
Protect Your Self-Esteem
It is the most important variable in personal growth.
The Vocabularies of Numbing are Scarcity and Rage
The vocabularies of scarcity and rage are the only ones available to those who are numb. They create a vicious circle serving only to further numb them and keep anyone who could help them far away. The solution is to take a breath and give them room to be safe, and then tell them about taking just one breath, too, to get a respite from the pain. It only takes one!
You Are Not Who You Think You Are
You are not who you think you are. The mind tends to go to extremes. In the process it drags you through all of the junk that it finds to keep itself entertained. Imagine what a three year old would do given the chance to operate a bulldozer in the living room of your mind. It is something like that. Of course, when it is pleasant, we love it. When it is painful, that is when it starts to hurt. You know it will never end well.
Better help that kid grow up and be a good friend instead of a trouble maker, right?
Only then can you start to discover who you really are.