Finding the calm in the chaos
I have recently began formally studying systems thinking. Systems thinking is a discipline of interconnectedness. For example, human anatomy is the study of the physical body system. This is a technical piece so bear with me as my analytical mind flow… I have always been a systems thinker, but I never had a name for… Continue reading Interconnectedness
Have you ever heard the saying, “It broke my heart but fixed my vision”? There are some situations and people we come across that fundamentally changes us and challenges our way of thinking, feeling and being. We sometimes allow ourselves to be wrapped up in something that we should pull away from only to find… Continue reading Recalibrate Your Vision
I noticed I started saying people were “a product of their environment” more often and it got me thinking. There are people who believe that early programming is so engrained in them that there is no other way to live. I met people who, when I ask them about what they want in life, they… Continue reading Be a product
I fell in love with zombies when I watched George A. Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead. There something strange yet familiar about the dead waking up to feed off the living. Within my love of zombies, I talk about my readiness for a zombie apocalypse. I know the zombies we watch are products… Continue reading The Living Dead
I came across a quote by William Author Ward that states, “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” Throughout the last few years, I have been working on sharing my gratitude. No matter the situation, I can always find something I am grateful for but it took… Continue reading An attitude of gratitude
I learned a new word! Sonder! Sonder is a noun that means “the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one’s own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles.” ~ https://www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/concept/sonder#:~:text=The%20Awareness%20That%20Everyone%20Has,of%20your%20own%20unfolding%20story. The term was… Continue reading Sonder
Look Within 