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Perfectionism is not my best friend

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A short story and the reality of fiction

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/02/10/18/50/book-39879651280.jpg Today I'm going to share another little cautionary tale I made that had been rattling around...

Words and their meaning

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/08/25/04/27/blocks-36293591280.jpg If you look up the word “dervish” in the dictionary, you will find a definition similar to...

Courage and overcoming fears

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2022/09/02/14/42/brave-woman-74277511280.jpg Lately, one thing I've been doing is anxiety challenges. That is, I intentionally do ...

On the illusory nature of death

Is death ceasing to exist or is death simply an illusion? And when I say illusion I do not mean that it is not real or that it is less real, as that could be a ...

Dreams, intuition and the realm of the psyche

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/20/20/59/eye-27699211280.jpg Human perception of the physical world basically depends on five senses that correspond in tu...

Who is the real fool?

I remember once, when I was in high school, we were in geography class and a girl stood up and asked the teacher a question. The question was, why is it colder ...

Some thoughts on humility

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/11/02/21/06/failure-37910911280.jpg One thing I have learned during my life through my own experience is that being humble is...

Writing & healing

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2024/06/02/08/13/signature-88037051280.png Today I want to write and share my experience about writing, and how it has helped me h...

Failure 101: A thought experiment

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/09/11/10/56/idea-9355871280.jpg So, I was reading a book about entrepreneurship and I noticed several things that caught my a...

It's not rocket science

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/10/02/17/50/rocket-56217601280.png One thing I have come to learn over the past few years is that most things are often easie...

It's not what you have, it's what you want

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/09/28/13/41/raspberry-17005121280.jpg I was listening to a Buddhist monk talking about suffering, and he was saying, accordin...

Life, hardships and evolution

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/08/31/15/32/stairs-36449221280.jpg I know I haven't been very active here lately, but I want to try again. I don't know, it s...

The universe is talking, are you listening?

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2011/12/14/12/17/galaxy-110981280.jpg I think that while sometimes the unbeliever sees the universe and asks for proof, the one wh...

Being vs. doing

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/09/10/17/12/fresh-16597091280.jpg There is a legend - which, although of dubious reliability, nevertheless serves as a cautio...

On beauty

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/TheBirthofVenus-EduardSteinbr%C3%BCck.jpg Is beauty objective or subjective? Is beauty only physical? What i...

On skillful conversations and asking questions

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/05/29/16/42/speech-bubble-14233211280.jpg What differentiates a lazy thinker from a deeper thinker? By no means would I call ...

Knowledge vs. wisdom

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/11/30/20/37/bible-29894251280.jpg Today I want to talk about my thoughts on what wisdom is and how it differs from knowledge....

On sincerity and self-acceptance

Today I want to talk about some thoughts I have about authenticity, sincerity, spontaneity and self-acceptance. I originally had the idea of doing several posts...

The magical world of the Arabian Nights

Today I want to make a somewhat different, fun and interesting post, and talk about a book. A book I like very much, called The Thousand and One Nights, althoug...