Emotions

Understanding the past can bring peace to the present

I’m not much for going down memory lane. Scrapbooks, old photos, little trinkets, souvenirs—photos are fun once in awhile, but that’s about it. Rehashing old stuff, telling old stories, and remember the time when…meh. I do it once in awhile, but it doesn’t hold my interest for long. I like to talk about what’s new [...]

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Hurricane, the homeless, and heartfelt wishes

Imagine an asteroid or a meteor is heading toward the earth. Astronomers get the warnings out a week before it’s scheduled to hit. We’re told it will break up into little pieces as it hits the earth’s atmosphere, so it won’t be the end of the world. But there will be widespread destruction, devastation, injuries, [...]

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Don’t ignore anger: Embrace it, learn from it, resolve it

When we embrace anger and take good care of our anger, we get relief. —Thich Nhat Hanh Last week, in my post Why I’m jealous of men (it’s not what you think), I wrote about feeling jealous of some big bloggers like Leo Babauta and Darren Rowse. I wasn’t feeling jealous of them specifically because [...]

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Why I’m jealous of men (it’s not what you think)

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. —Aristotle It’s 10 am. Cup of coffee in hand, I sit down at my [...]

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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Words Can Hurt Much Worse

I spend a lot of time observing my thoughts. Whether I’m meditating, driving, waiting for sleep to come, walking, or doing routine tasks around the house, I watch them. I don’t necessarily engage with them; I simply pay attention to what comes up. It’s a meditation or mindfulness thing I do in many situations, not [...]

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