Have you understood that your future is unwritten, malleable, controllable? Yet we can have such a dread for it and what uncertainty it has in store. Part of that is because of those particular "curve-balls" that life likes to peg us with. However is it just fear of the unknown, or is it the uncertain …
Tag: psychology
Poker Anyone?
Have you ever played? Texas Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw, depends on the game but the fact of there is a big analogy of Poker to life. Let's dig into the game shall we? Shuffle those cards and divvy them out without knowing who gets what, and for a kick we're using multiple decks. Now, …
You are Who You are Around
It was said to me before long ago, you are who you are around. In other words I am the people I surround myself with. However, I never used to believe in that adage as I don't subscribe to all the beliefs and things that people I knew did. It wasn't until years later that …
Voices
Do you hear voices inside your head? Maybe similarly to those insane lunatics that talk about them, or worse - to them? Maybe, it's just your own voice talking to you. So, if that is true about the voices, than what is you, and what are the voices? The curious talk of the mind is …
Depression in the Face of Adversity
It's a common emotion, it's so common and taking over people's lives in profound ways. Some of the worst cases are driven to suicide, or worse. How can one emotional state hold so much over people? How can people fall victim to the depression? What kinds of things do people do when they're depressed? Why …
Balancing Act
If you had a teacher show you two different buckets of water and told you to put equal amounts of water in both buckets, seems easy enough. It is not, and more especially when it's effected by other things. You see in the analogy of the buckets you might visually be able to measure which …
Abundance versus Scarcity
Have you considered your perception is wrong? Sometimes we really should. Often it is easy to fall complacent to our world view. Sometimes it's so established that it becomes a fear to even think in opposition. However there is a viewpoint that can change your life. It's one of simple Abundance versus Scarcity. Do you …
The Cornerstones
I have four cornerstones to all I believe and all I am. These stones are Truth, Balance, Choice, and Respect. No stone is more valuable than the other as each require it's other to be a more effective piece. These are my pillars of life that I hold each person to and gain an understanding …
The Nature of Oppression
The nature of oppressing is an interesting one as it shows in history and otherwise that oppression has and does happen. The interesting part about oppression is the oppressor is often unaware of their own doing it. As in the case of slavery for Blacks (African Americans) pre-civil war. Thomas Jefferson did not consider the …
What If Game
What if we didn't think about what if? What if Hitler had won World War II? What if I had chosen "A" instead of "B"? What if people were different then the are now? What if we never had a hippie movement? What if the Sun were blue? What if the only way we could …