Finding the calm in the chaos
I came across the quote by Epicurus that states, “The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.” I understand this to mean that when you have the ability to rely on yourself, meet your own needs, without external help, you achieve a certain level of freedom. I want to first say that everyone needs someone at… Continue reading Finding Freedom
I wrote about the ‘Seven Spiritual Laws of Success’ by Deepak Chopra back in October 2023 and I wanted to come back around to the second law described in the book. The law of giving and receiving states the more you give of yourself without expecting a return, the more you receive. I was unaware… Continue reading Revisit the Law of Giving and Receiving
I had a thought the other day about people I cared about but ultimately I walked away from. Sometimes my brain revisits situations from my past and I analyze the replay… sort of a pre-post life review lol. Anyway, I was thinking about the moments that ended the connections I had with people. What happens… Continue reading Clear vision tribe
When they say, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” I hear: “beauty is seen by those who can recognize it.” Hear me out. Emily Dickerson once said, “Beauty is not caused, it is.” We don’t have the power or the ability to make something or someone beautiful because beauty exists outside of our… Continue reading Beauty is.
I read somewhere that people assume you're stupid when you're silent. That person may have paraphrased part of Abraham Lincoln's quote, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak a remove all doubt." Everything created in the universe has a logical purpose. Take trees; they lose their leaves every fall, and… Continue reading Speak with Silence
I am a quiet person. I like to observe. That saying, “We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak,” spoken by philosopher Epictetus, speaks volumes towards how I operate. The world today is filled with individuals unable to successfully express emotions. They are easy to spot… Continue reading The downward spiral of mismanaged emotions
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