What is your definition of insanity?
Insanity is doing something crazy, something that goes against the norm and which we know well is not to our best interest. Yet, we still indulge hoping the end result will be a success.
Read More…What does “too old” really mean?
Am I too old? This depends on what you not only want to do but also the will that’s in it to do it. If you have the stamina, you are too old for few things, unless your health gets in the way and your mind too.
Read More…Let go of shame and be yourself.
Who hasn’t experienced shame? We all do at some time, but there are extremes where we feel so afraid of what people think of us, that we become so paralyzed that we allow it to control our lives. In small doses, shame is normal, even good, but in higher doses life can be very painful […]
Read More…Worry makes you sick and wastes your life away.
But how to stop worrying? Well, once you are hit hard by one of the above you begin to realize that worry usually takes you nowhere and only paralyzes you. The way out is to take the steps to do the best you can to your knowledge and stop trying to control outcomes. The only […]
Read More…Starting over.
When the night closed in and she turned to walk away, she did so very slowly. Trying to make sure her steps didn’t turn into a mad run.
Read More…Can’t imagine a life without you.
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh There are things we are never ready for and this is loss. This quote from Winnie the Pooh sums up how I feel about loss. […]
Read More…How to get on people’s shit list.
We all have lists and there is one that depending on the person, you are in or out. How to get on people’s shit lists has a lot to do with tolerance and how much people care to overlook some things you do if they care for you enough. I’m guilty of many “peccadilloes,” and […]
Read More…How to get clean from any addiction.
Sounds easy. Well, it’s not and at the same time it is, once you go through the inevitable stages. I know from experience and from studying my own addictive personality that once an addict, always an addict. I like to think this way to be sure I am well aware that I suffer this self-destructive […]
Read More…Giving up on stupidity.
We all do stupid things, which we are well aware we are doing and just hope, in time, they’ll turn into intelligent things we did. But the truth is that often those things stay stupid and with this awareness we should stop.
Read More…Finding your very own hero.
We all need guidance and someone to look up to. A roll-model that paves the way and teaches us something we don’t know that might push us on. We do that since childhood. Our parents are our first heroes, and from then on we keep looking for those inspiring people who we’ll try to imitate.
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