June 20th, 2008
Photo by: chrisjfry
One of the biggest enemies of a healthy mind is uniformity (lacking diversity or variation in its interactions). That is, having a homogenous interaction with the world and filtering out everything that does not fit one’s interests.
Imagine a John Doe who only watches horror movies, listens only to country music, eats only chicken, [...]
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March 12th, 2008
Photo: Brad & Sabrina
As Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, once wrote, “happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
That most of us misunderstand happiness and look for it in the wrong places is not an unknown fact. We constantly suffer its illusion and blindly try to [...]
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March 5th, 2008
photo by: Kamal H.
Writing is the activity of giving thoughts material form, with the use of signs and symbols. Written materials, such as books, essays and webpages, are the materialization of someone’s thoughts. Thus, reading represents the assimilation of foreign thoughts in one’s own mind.
While we read, our mind is similar to a puppet in [...]
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February 27th, 2008
photo by: thorinside
Quite often, while surfing the internet and reading different pages, I have stopped and wondered why do so many people feel the need to write lengthy phrases in order to make a simple, often times trivial idea, intelligible.
I thought that it might be the complete lack of any writing skills, or the lack [...]
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February 23rd, 2008
photo by: tokyo ayano
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
We can be quite certain that many of us owe our life’s happiness to the circumstances in which we posses a pleasant smile and so win the hearts of others.
One doesn’t need to read many self-improvement blogs to notice that [...]
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