December 2010
49 posts
Everybody is after being extraordinary. That is the search of the ego: to be someone who is special, to be someone who is unique, incomparable. And this is the paradox: the more you try to be exceptional, the more ordinary you look, because everybody is after extraordinariness. It is such an ordinary desire. If you become ordinary, the very search to be ordinary is extraordinary, because rarely...
Three Regrets to Get Rid of in the New Year — and...
Are regrets weighing you down? As we move into the new year, it’s the perfect time to shed some of the psychological baggage we’ve been accumulating and carrying around with us. Here are three common regrets that are well worth getting rid of:
Regret #1: Getting caught up in the rat race.
Most of us feel over-extended, over-scheduled, or over-worked. The fast pace we’re on...
Pandora + Christmas Music = BEST THING EVER
Sleigh ride is the best Christmas song ever, I’ll never get tired of hearing it
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Christmas is about Giving, Not Receiving
It seems like Christmas is not so much a Christian holiday anymore but a capitalist one. It’s all about consumerism, about buying people presents, or in the case of Japan, getting together with your girl/boyfriend so you can get it on. People talk so much about “holiday spirit”, but to me it seems like nothing but empty words, because it’s lost all meaning. Remember when...
psychology2010 asked: Merry Christmas?
“The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
“What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private...”
– Julian Assange on SNL (via kateoplis)
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“No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it’s an artificial idea....”
– Russell Brand
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WatchThe Republican Party: Where having no brain and no moral virtues is a prerequisite.
Although lying, fear-mongering, being selfish, and blissfully ignorant doesn’t hurt either.
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is...”
– e.e. cummings
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Why we struggle in our relationships
From my experience, a relationship that goes unscathed and unchallenged is the notable exception. Conflict and struggle become ordinary facets of our partnering. What often begins as a loving and intimately connected partnering tends over time to wither and fall from grace. It is rather a common denominator that relationships are a challenge for almost all of us. We might well consider why that...
OMG! Tumblr is back!
I missed you so much babe.
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Is It Love? Or In-Loveness?
Love is life-giving.
No wonder so many of us long for it.
To entrust yourself to another person —- emotionally, physically, intellectually, personally - and to have them in turn entrust themselves to you —- is a rich, invigorating, and revitalizing experience.
Such love will interject energy in the midst of fatigue, encouragement in the midst of doubt, hope in the midst of...
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I see you drivin' round town with the girl I love,...
“There is no point in trying to spend your life making, or trying to keep, other...”
– Mike Craggs
WatchMILA KUNIS I FUCKING LOVE YOU!
Compassionate Self-Awareness
Personal change begins by knowing what change you want to make. You think about what you are doing now and what you would like to be doing differently in the future. And, if you are like many people, you try to understand why you do what you do. How you go about all of this introspection is important because it’s the vehicle you use for relating to yourself.
Some people use introspection...
