A thought occurred to me while I was sitting here playing a game online. All too often, we live lives that a contradiction to how we want to live. Our actions are in direct opposition to the things we say we want. Whether it be society or some other force…
I saw a quote today. “Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.” I’m not sure about the source of the quote unfortunately, but it got me to thinking, and really, almost to crying. It makes me think of my…
I actually made the initial switch on my deodorant back in November of last year, but then I gave it up. I’ve gone back to it now, and I’m pretty glad that I did. I didn’t know the first time around that much like going No ‘Poo, using natural deodorant…
Ah, yet another successful switch! I’m loving making all of these changes from commercial products to more natural ones. It’s actually been kind of fun finding or coming up with recipes for all these products. This post is about our switch from Febreze Air Effects air freshener to my homemade…
Since helping other people and the world is what I’ve decided to dedicate my life to, I suppose it’s only natural that I’ve questioned the ethics of what I’m doing. Trying to change people from what they currently are into something else is a slippery slope. It can be a…
We know someone, and to protect their privacy I’m going to be vague, but we helped them today, and it was such a wonderful feeling. No one in our home is well off, but we still do what we can for others when the need arises. We were all on…
Reading deeper into the passage that line is from, to my understanding, implies that as we come to know more we become more miserable because we gain a greater understanding of people’s faults, failures and our utter inability to do anything about much of anything. It also offers that knowledge…
I keep going back and doing pieces for the Beautiful Like You Project, because it’s so important to me that people understand that they need to love themselves as they are. It’s not just about looks either. Yes, you should love how you look, but you should also love who…
In the end, the one thing we’re all searching for is happiness. We may go after wealth or love or success or any number of other things, but really, the thing we’re trying to accomplish is being happy. I think though that sometimes we get so caught up in chasing…
Think about these terms for a moment: Self Help. Self Improvement. Personal Growth Training. Don’t just read the words, think about them. Pay attention to those words “self” and “personal”. Do you get where I’m going with this? No? Well, let me explain. The reason that most people don’t get…
Contrary to what some may think, I believe that everyone deserves to be loved. Whether it’s romantic love, familial love or friendly love, everyone deserves to have that experience. One may think that some people are too evil or to broken to deserve love, but I always wonder, if they’d…
Even though society has taught us that we need to shape everything we do so that we please as many people around us as possible, that’s not actually the way we should be living our lives. There are always going to be people who don’t like you or what you’re…
Many people are skeptical of ideas like The Secret and The Law of Attraction because we’re not yet living in the Utopian world that we dream of. Because we don’t have it yet, people believe that it will never happen. The truth is that it absolutely can happen, there just…
Today’s society has a way of making people feel pretty bad about themselves. We’re taught to compare ourselves to others and only see what we lack rather than what we have. In order to be healthy, happy people, we need to stop measuring ourselves against someone else’s standards, and see…