“Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party, talking way too loudly.” - Conan O’Brien
In a recent discussion with Zorka Hereford from EssentialLifeSkills on the subject of good looks vs. self-confidence, we reached a point where the issue of the genetic nature of good looks came up.
It seems that a lot of people (still) believe that genes control our biology. You know: I look good because I have good genes, that man over there looks fat because he has bad genes, etc. So I don’t have any reason to be more self-confident because I look good, as that is a result of inherited traits and I had nothing to do with that…
Wrong! We *do* have control over our genes. I’m not a scientist so I can’t explain this too well, but Bruce Lipton, Ph.D, cell biologist, can.
by Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D | Text Source: SpiritCrossing.org
Living organisms, from cells to human beings, survive through the integrated activities of numerous physiologic systems that provide such functions as respiration, digestion, cardiovascular circulation, excretion, awareness and immune protection. To understand how each system “works,” conventional biomedical sciences disassemble organisms to study their molecular components. Through this process of reductionism, science created the ‘medical model,’ a belief that life is derived from a biochemical machine controlled by genes.
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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” - Buddha
Many people are so concerned with adding days to their life that they forget to add life to their days. Have you ever found yourself at home thinking about what you need to do at work, or at work thinking about things happening in your personal life? You know how distracting that is.
They say the solution for that is living in the moment; not thinking about anything else but the NOW moment in time. Just like a turntable only plays that which is under its needle and doesn’t bother with what will follow.
The past is history.
The future is a mystery.
The only time we really have is now - just this moment.
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“Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.” - Scottish Proverb
Have you ever heard anyone saying “How the time flies?” I have, lots of times. You’ve heard it too, I’m sure. Maybe you’re feeling that way right now. But, are you enjoying every moment of the journey?… it’s great if you do! However, if you don’t, or if you feel that you could use a nudge into that direction, this is for you. I promise you’ll feel better after reading this!
Time… it flies, the days go by and turn to years and years become a whole life. My life, your life.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring, second chapter
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Self-improvement is about helping people have a fuller appreciation of all the wonderful things in their lives, even when many things are bad. It’s really getting people to focus on the good things in life.
The good things in life are other people. And getting to really know other people is the process by which you’re getting to know yourself.
In the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the “gnothi seauton” (latin “nosce te ipsum”) inscription stands as a reminder of this. It refers to the ideal of understanding human behavior, morals and thought, because ultimately to understand oneself is to understand other humans as well. But you can’t understand yourself if you don’t understand the others.
Very few people know themselves and we know other people even less well, because we spend a little slice of our lives with anybody but our parents. And even so, your parents don’t really know you. They spend very little time with you after you’ve been a child and you spend little time with them.
And even your best friends, who you may argue that you know, how many hours a week do you spend with them?
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“Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side.” - Yoda
If you’ve been reading Project Armannd for a while, then you may have noticed that in the last period of time I got a bit lazy. I think they call it lazy blogging.
I got lazy, I lost my motivation, I forgot my goals, I forgot the imense pleasure of blogging, I even contemplated quitting… I lost almost everything that made blogging a fun activity.
How did I manage to drag myself down? Well, it’s really simple: I threw away the key.
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