Posts tagged with “wisdom”
Why Chasing Happiness Wonât Make You Happy
âHappiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.â ~Henry David Thoreau
Most of us are always on the lookout for a big breakthroughâa point in our life where the beam balance tips to maximal happiness so we can enjoy everlasting bliss. What can we do to get there?
Our pursuit of happiness is like a coyote chasing a roadrunner. But what happens? Just like the roadrunner, happiness slips out of our hands every …
How Illness Can Be Lonely and What to Do About It
âI wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.â ~ Hafiz of Shiraz
When we think of illness, we donât usually equate it with loneliness; however, there seems to be a huge connection between the two conditions.
The fact is, when dealing with health challenges, we are most connected to our bodies: we are one with ourselves. Even when we have thoughtful and caring loved ones in our inner circles, these individuals can never truly understand what weâre experiencing on a physical, psychological, and spiritual level.
Illness is …
What Helped Me the Most When I Thought My Life Was Over
âWhat Iâm looking for is not out there, it is in me.â ~Helen Keller
I used to think that life should be easy, and if it wasnât easy, then I was doing it wrong.
Iâm older and wiser now, and Iâve learned that if it is hard, that means I am probably doing something right.
I had a good childhood. I had a loving family, plenty of opportunity, and I excelled at whatever I put my mind to. But I was a high-anxiety kid, and a relentless perfectionist. As I grew older, that need to have everything flawless impeded my …
Why Long-Term Love Feels Boring and Why Itâs Actually Not
âItâs not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.â ~Tony Robbins
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The sound of my fiancĂ©âs alarm went off at 5:00 in the morning. I had fallen asleep around 2am after scrolling for hours on Instagram and Pinterest.
Frustrated, I rolled into my pillow as he leaned over to give me a kiss on the forehead.
I grimaced.
Why does he always have to kiss me every morning when Iâm tired.
Resentment is an odd feeling.
âHere we go again,â I thought to myself, âanother boring Monday …
How Marijuana Was Great for My Anxiety and Why I Stopped Using It
âWhen solving problems, dig at the root instead of just hacking at the leaves.” ~Anthony J. D’Angelo
This is an account of my experience using marijuana as a device to help my anxiety, why Iâm glad I had it, and why I no longer need it.
This story isnât an advocation for or against smoking pot. Itâs a story to shed some insight into how and why it helped certain ailments and my journey to lasting change without it.
How Smoking Pot Helped My Anxiety
For most of my life I was a closet anxiety sufferer.
Thatâs mostly because …
Healing PTSD One Breath and One Day at a Time
“Recovering from PTSD is being fragile and strong at the same time. It’s a beautiful medley of constantly being broken down and pieced together. I am a painting almost done to completion, beautiful but not quite complete.” ~Kate J. Tate
I never considered myself as a trauma survivor.
I didnât think I had something as severe as PTSD. I reserved that diagnosis to those who suffered from things far worse than me.
It felt dramatic and attention-seeking to label myself as a âtrauma survivor.â
First of all, what is trauma? The term tends to be loosely thrown around, and …
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