1.When you take a sharp look at life, you eventually realize that most things are irrelevant, some things you can live without, and a handful, and only a handful are to die for. Minimalism as a practice is about the last group, as everything else is mostly a waste of time and resources with little…
Read moreA few thoughts on defeat
1.On the road to success bumps and slips are not just a possibility but a certainty. Keep in mind that each trip and fall will feel like the end of the world. The road will mercilessly smack you in the face. A statement of how foolish you have been for even trying. You will taste…
Read moreA few thoughts on confidence
1.True confidence is a door only unlocked by two keys: value and self-improvement. The more you work on earning it the better you become as a person, and before you notice it, confidence stops being the goal. And that’s when it becomes fully manifested. First inwardly through the stillness that comes when you’re instinctively certain…
Read moreA few thoughts on self-esteem
1.In a time when we are bombarded 24/7 by images of people doing better, self-esteem is the anchor that keeps the ship of sanity grounded on the shore of reality. 2.Self-esteem is a destination only reached through a journey inward with some road fixes along the way. The fixes are not a suggestion but a…
Read moreA few thoughts on human nature
1.It’s human nature to get lost in the present and to falsely assume that tomorrow will be an extension of today. Tomorrow just like human nature is a mystery. Influenced by forces too complex and difficult to discern. So use today to prepare yourself for tomorrow’s evils, even if the ships are high, and the…
Read moreA few thoughts on gratitude
1.To be grateful is to look at what you have and to realize none of it is guaranteed. Had you been a little less lucky, that which you now take as basic could just as easily be perceived to be as valuable as that which you now crave but do not have yet. 2.The constant…
Read moreA few thoughts on bravery and courage
1.The meaning of bravery varies from person to person. Being brave is not about doing what society defines as brave, but whatever requires you to overcome your fears, as history is full of demonstrations of courage that only earned the “brave” label decades after the act. 2.Acts of courage seem like one’s imposition of one’s…
Read moreA few thoughts on self-awareness
1.In a time in which everybody is considered special for anything, self-awareness is the much-needed medicine that keeps the ego disease in check. Self-awareness is being able to look at yourself with clarity. Not the way you wish you were, or the way other people want you to be, but exactly who you are. No…
Read moreA few thoughts on love
1.Love is a balancing act between the fear of heartbreak and living what’s arguable the greatest experience available to a human being. Worry too much about heartbreak and you risk losing the spell. Lean mindlessly to the experience and you risk losing not your heart but also your sense of self in the process. 2.The…
Read moreA few thoughts on black history
1.The black history month is a time to remember and appreciate the wrongs and sufferings of the past. Not to color the present with the paint of victimhood, but to make sure a better future is built without repeating the same mistakes and injustices of the past. Be aware that being passive to oppression is…
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