Living life as it comes
If you’ve ever been in an acutely stressful situation, you’ve probably heard it before. “Okay, just breathe” or even more common, “let’s just take a breath.” Why do we use these phrases? After all, everyone breathes already. How important is it really to monitor your breathing?
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If you are mentally ill, it’s likely that you feel like a burden. This continually begs the question, “should I ask my loved ones for help?” Well, today I want to discuss the specifics of this question and get into when it is or isn’t a good idea to call in your support system.
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Last year at Thanksgiving, my family sat around a large table in front of a feast of food like we do every year. Before we got stuck in, someone suggested that we go around and say what we were thankful for. Again, like we do every year.
The law of attraction is just the theory that there is an ultimate law in the universe that like attracts like.
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I believe everybody is on their own journey of forgiveness, but sometimes their current phase or even ultimate destination is one without it.
For some people, it’s harder.
In a day where mental illness
And abuse rates seem ever-rising,
Life can be so dark
And confusing for some.
Do you know that one day
You could feel as great
As you do horrible now?
I’m sensitive,
It’s not a crime.
I’ve always wanted to be a good person for as long as I can remember. I think most people can relate to that, but what is a good person? What makes someone a good person? And can you be a good person who is better than other than other good people, or is it more like an achievement badge where once you’re a good person, you’re part of the good people club?
A phrase that used to be used by young people but now itself is an antiquity is “yolo” or “you only live once”. It’s odd, but even when I was a conservative Christian, I always had a bone to pick with that phrase. I tended to say, “you only live once, unless you believe in reincarnation. Then you live over…and over
As a young person, college is something that is expected of me. I knew I was going to go to college ever since I was about five years old. My mom did it, my dad did it, and in fact so did all of the adults that I knew.
