May 2013
“Do not educate your child to be rich. Educate him to be happy so when he grows...”
“So you plant your own garden and
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting...”
– Jorge Luis Borges
"Feminism"
Let me preface this by saying, for all intents and purposes, yes I am “feminist”. I believe women have the sole right to decide what goes in, on, around, or out of their body. I believe women have the right to equality under this traditionally patriarchal system. However I think it’s missing something. You can see this in all walks of life, but I can’t help but feel it...
google image search "atari breakout"
well played google, well played
On vague existential threats
dearcoquette:
Every once and a while I feel this intense fear knowing the state of our environment and the imminent carbon fueled suffocation of the human race. I feel this intense sense of foreboding when I think about the future. We’re all driving our Co2 spouting automobiles headfirst in to the apocalyptic hell-scape of global warming. There’s no denying it, and even though I do my daily part...
“The less you know, the sounder you sleep.”
– Russian proverb
“Do something instead of killing time, because time is killing you.”
– Paul Coelho
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski
“There are no safe investments, but we invest anyway. Because heartbreak is...”
– the little yellow diary: A Collection Of My Favorite One-Liners From Thought Catalog Writers
“If there is a God, he will have to beg for my forgiveness.”
– Carved in a cell of a concentration camp
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“Being something, and wanting to be something, are two completely different...”
Ruminating when distressed
One way is to ruminate about a problem, which Susan Nolen-Hoeksema defines as thinking about one’s feelings and their causes repetitively without taking action to improve one’s situation. In numerous studies, she has found that rumination leads to a negative, self-defeating patter of thought that makes matters worse, especially when people are depressed or in bad moods to start with....
