Living life as it comes
I love self-improvement, reflection and personal development. I read books, write in journals, talk to others and even meditate for guidance. And all these things are great. Really. It’s good to be looking for perspective in life and to value that perspective coming from all different sorts of places. But I bet you don’t need it as much as you think you do.
I’ve spent a lot of time with senior citizens over the years, and one thing was made clear. There are some who treasure their old age and some who don’t. And the difference, I noticed, was vast.
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I’ve heard some references to Mother Theresa over the years about how if you want to make a change in the world, you need to stop putting your efforts into what you’re against and start putting efforts and energy into what you’re for. (Or something to that effect.) And while I don’t put her up on a pedestal as the best example of a “good human”, I definitely think she had a point there.
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We talk a lot about making yourself proud. Making things easy on your future self, wondering what younger you would have thought about you now. And you know what? I think that overall, younger me would be pretty proud to see who I’ve become today, and who I am still working on becoming. But there are a few things that I know might make her confused, to say the least.
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Hello, and welcome back to the Thoughts that Bind. We talk so much about our thoughts on this site, as you can probably imagine. But I feel we don’t talk nearly enough about where they come from. And so today, I want to talk about stories. Because these stories have a tendency to make up who we are, or who we might think we are. So let’s get into it.
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Over the years we’ve talked about being a good person, being honest, and making and keeping our personal boundaries. And I suppose this conversation is an offshoot of that—nothing groundbreaking. But I still want to talk about it, because I’m starting to realize more and more just how important it really is.
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In life, we have all sorts of things that we’re pursuing at any given time, and they all fight for our attention in our heads. We think we have to keep up, and so we try to keep track of our opinions, thoughts and ideas. We think this brings us great productivity, and you know what? Maybe we’re right. But it doesn’t bring us everything in life.
Continue reading “Learning to respect silence”
Have you ever heard the saying “sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me”? It’s an old one that people say all the time. And I get it, people want to show that they can be strong. Stronger than what others might say. But I don’t think it’s wise to discredit the power of words.
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Thoughts that Bind. I’ve been reading a lot more lately, and that’s made me reflect on all the times in my life when I was reading vs. when I simply couldn’t manage. So let’s decode that, and take a look at how you might be able to get yourself reading more, too.
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