happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Chalk
When I was a little girl, I’d go outside with my bucket of chalk all the time. I tried making pretty pictures, but would always get frustrated when things didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to. After a while I stopped drawing with it. I started destroying the chalk, pressing it into one spot of the sidewalk, drawing a single line. It made chalk dust. That was the “scientist” in me. I wanted to know what you could do with chalk if you broke it down into little, fine pieces. You can do so much with it. You can make new shade of chalk, you can make a paste to slap on the concrete, you can make a tinted liquid for more transparent colors.
By Becca Lane7 years ago in Motivation
Change
Imagine for a moment, that your life is exactly where you thought it would be. That plan you had—yeah, it played out. That dream you always wanted and worked so hard for, it came true. There’s a genie perched on your shoulder, granting you all your wishes, all your dreams. Take a step back, admire where you are. Now, look back. Back at where you came from. Is this how you imagined it would be? Is there anything missing? Are you the same person as you were when you made this dreams?
By Manna Mac7 years ago in Motivation
Sociology and the Self
Sociology. We have all heard about it to some extent, and maybe even studied it in secondary/high school. However, within a normal, day-to-day basis, we rarely give sociology any thought. Even in education, often times we are simply trying to tick the right boxes, meet a grade or match some pre-determined criteria. All of this is perfectly understandable, as education is never the end goal but merely a stepping stone to where we want to be. I am currently traversing said stepping stones, with fewer hours of sleep than you can count on your hand and a pasta driven diet, I can assure you it can be very difficult (and mean very difficult) to parse through the droning literature of a long gone Karl Marx or Auguste Comte. All of that, only to be told you need to jot down a multi-thousand-word document about it.
By Kian Rhoades7 years ago in Motivation
11 Motivational Podcasts to Improve Your Life
Everyone, even a motivational speaker like Tony Robbins, has moments where hopelessness and fear become the main mindsets you deal with. That terrible feeling that nothing matters can get anyone feeling down—but you just can't let yourself fall into that trap!
By Sasha Konikovo7 years ago in Motivation
Explore
Hello, and thank you for stopping by. Let me start by asking you a question I like to ask people when I meet them. Are you alive? And if so, are you living? I guess that's two questions meshed into one. I ask that because a lot of us are alive, but not living our lives to the full potential! We don't explore what makes us happy to the max! Some of us are afraid to live... When was the last time you didn't worry about your job? When was the last time you took a vacation? Or better yet have you not taken a vacation, due to excuses of not having time or money? If so, do what I did that changed my life! Take stay-cations locally, while you save money for the big one!
By Raxiel Liz7 years ago in Motivation
How to Grow as a More Confident Person
As many may know, most of us have never been very confident in our lives. We often find ourselves overthinking of social standards that we ‘must’ meet to be accepted in society or to feel comfortable enough. But! That is incorrect, due to the fact that every one of us is unique in its own special way and therefore we can’t be the same as others and others can’t be the same as us. We must learn how to grow as a more confident person daily.
By Magalie Arredondo7 years ago in Motivation
Never Losing Myself Again
People have pointed out to me for the last few years that I've slowly lost myself in terms of my stubbornness, my drive and just overall the things that made me well, me. I didn't listen to them because I honestly thought they were crazy and that they didn't know what they were talking about. I was young, I was in college and I knew exactly who I was and I haven't lost myself like everyone said I did. I started realizing recently that they were right. I’ve had time to reflect and re-evaluate on the last few years. I’ve realized that I settled for a lot of things that I never would have settled for or at least I didn’t think I would.
By Alix Nicole7 years ago in Motivation
My Ideal Future
The tears hit me around 10:00 pm. My world was falling apart, and I could barely stand, let alone see straight. Suddenly my plans for the future were skyrocketing out of control and I was hit with a dilemma. I had to make a choice. A choice that would affect my future as well as the possibility of having a family in the future.
By Michelle Werbeck7 years ago in Motivation
Spiritual Reflection
Reminding myself to consider my true spiritual nature is a frequent necessity when it’s so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of a consumeristic society. The challenge is to realize and remember that this life is only temporary. We are alive only because we are animated by spirit and our spirits all have a supernatural ability to perceive entire worlds beyond flesh and bone if we choose. So why do we choose to take all these physical things so seriously while we are incarnated into these strange human bodies?
By AylaJoyLove7 years ago in Motivation
