Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. Imagine if there was such a public holiday as ‘Get to know your inner child’. What an interesting public holiday this would be! It would be confronting, painful and eye-opening for many people. It’s common to bury one’s feelings along with pain accumulated during childhoodContinue reading “International ‘Get to know Your Inner Child Day’”
Tag Archives: Philosophy
Chefchaoen at Dusk
When I was in Chefchaoen, Morocco in 2009 and looking out from the rooftop of the hostel I was overtaken by a feeling of awe and amazement at the sheer size and scale of the world. #travel #storytelling #writing #spirituality #love #connection #morocco
Endless money, endless time and endless health
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? Endless money: they say money corrupts people, it’s certainly possible that having endless money would make me a different person. I would likely become too lazy with endless money, however I would like to think that I’d use the endless money to resolve theContinue reading “Endless money, endless time and endless health”
Comforting Thought: Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere – they’re in each other all along
The moment I heard my first love storyI started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.Lovers don’t finally meet somewhereThey’re in each other all along.-Rumi
Book Review: Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen
A brutal, vulnerable, intensely personal and yet universal story of a little girl growing up between the world wars in Denmark. Almost a century after it was written, Ditlevsen’s story of her childhood in a poor suburb of Copenhagen is still fresh, timeless and revealing. Her childhood self is a compelling blend of raw honesty, naive tenderness and fragile curiosity.
Comforting Thought: Sometimes I’m the wind
“sometimes, i consider myselfto be the windsometimes, i consider myselfto be the anchorsometimes, i know that without a doubt,i am the oceanbut only the open sky can seewhat i really am” good grief, brianna pastor “you need both the light and the dark. one does not exist without the other. to sweep your darkness underContinue reading “Comforting Thought: Sometimes I’m the wind”
Comforting Thought: Don’t be afraid of repetition and obligation in our lives
“Without cyclical repetition, our lives dissolve into empty noise devoid of content. Without repetition, there is no obligation. Repetition is getting up every morning and making pack lunches for the kids. It’s visiting old friends, even though they may be depressed and not that fun to be around.”
Honesty, hard work, improving the lives of people and animals
What principles define how you live? The principles I live by: Improving the lives of others: creating value in how I work and produce things of value to other people, improving also the lives of animals and all sentient beings we share the planet with. Expanding my consciousness to incorporate other living beings with love:Continue reading “Honesty, hard work, improving the lives of people and animals”
10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #137
Whimsical and sweet bunnies fishing with the moon; eerie 3D art of body parts; weird names for contraptions; #vegan slowcooker recipes; viking #history; #Japanese electro made from barcodes and much more #137 #ContentCatnip #Interesting Things
Comforting Thought: The comfort of knowing
“i take great comfort in knowingthere are even better versions of myselfthat i haven’t hugged yet” good grief, brianna pastor
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