I couldn't help but wonder.. are relationships the religions of the nineties?
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.” ~John Bulwer
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Through years of always wanting to feel loved I have learned to love myself. “We want to feel deeply connected to other people, fully seen and appreciated by them, and secure in those relationships.”
Start the Climb: Take One Purposeful Step
I have not posted anything from tinybuddha in a while. I thought it was a good day to do so and I feel this is a very good message. Enjoy!
Suddenly, I realized that my soul, my intuition, my gut—it had something to say about how I should purposefully fulfill my path in this lifetime.
Although I believe this is true, 100% I believe you are always trying to make a lasting impression. Therefore, you need to make sure you are on your A+ game every time, not just the first. Believe in yourself and your confidence will shine & everyone thinks that is attractive. In turn they will want to know you better, you may make a connection.
(Source: by9, via theworldofagraphicdesigner)
You, Me & Them
The more and more I have talked to people, whom are breaking up, the more I realize it is not just two in a relationship anymore. These days I am noticing that a commitment is not two, it is three. Weird right? I have found that it is typically him, her & her friend OR him, her & a family member (from either party). Why are we involving outside individuals into a partnership that should be just two?
We have noticed that it can be different being in a relationship with one person, why would we want to take on another person? Involving another person complicates things. Sometimes that third party is a social network (sounds silly, but true) such as Facebook. Taking into consideration the voices from your “Friends” via a website is ridiculous, however many people do this. Posting your business, asking for advice or venting, should be done in private and with someone you trust. This is not something for the entire world to read and comment on. I will put my reputation on the line that this will never enhance your relationship, FAIL!
Lets talk about relationships for a bit. When is it time to call it quits?
Let us be honest when it comes to this particular question, we all are guilty of staying in a relationship longer than we probably should. This is alright as long as you know what you want. However, do not look fora new oppoturnity while this one still lingers. There is only one answer to this question, you should end things when you feel it is necessary. Whatever you do, do not wait until there is a fight, make sure it is civil that way it will work out the best for the both of you.
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When did it become a good idea to send a partially nude photo to someone? Please tell me none of you out there, reading this, have done such a thing. If you have, shame on you!
I am not sure in which universe this is the cool thing to do. Where this is what one does to attract the opposite sex, to lure them in. Silliness!
Secondly, the one receive the photo, how degrading! Common ladies and gentleman, grow up. What happen to good ole fashion, stimulating conversation? Please tell me!
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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Very true, on so many levels.
I was told once that I was married to my job, that this would leave me all alone forever.
My job is liberating. I feel am immense amount of pleasure finishing a project in which I have been working on for weeks, months even. The accomplishment of the final touches, the last critique, when the meeting comes to a close and you can mark this off of your calendar.
Are we not all supposed to feel this way about something? Why is it such a negative thing for my “something” to be my job, which I love to do? Maybe we should all sit back and take a good look at what makes others happy.
Think about it.
(Source: brainyquote.com)
Sugar Cookies?
I have been making many things lately (food mainly) and I couldn’t help but wonder, am I bored with what I am doing? I feel as if I may be over working myself, trying to preoccupy by doing other things and the focus should be me. I have found that I am putting off work, that I am anxious to take on, until the last minute (no good).
How do we know when enough is enough? Have I hit my breaking point?
I have found notes that I have left myself around the house, small To Do lists, you could say. These are reminders of the task at hand, one in which I should stay focused on other than mindless things that help me drift off to a different place. Do we find ourselves doing mindless things to help cover up what is in the present?
And to think, this all came from sugar cookies, very good sugar cookies.
Within the last five months I have been attending Wat Phrasriratanamahadhatu, a Theravada Buddhist Temple. I have been several times and really enjoy my time while I am there. The chanting is wonderful, the people are kind and the food is fantastic! I have taken a few photos, of my little temple in the city, and I thought I would share some of them. It is crazy to think that I can get the pleasure of this place only an hour away from home. When I am back in the city, it will be very close and I will be able to contribute and participate more.
I find it funny how we stereotype men by saying they do not talk about their feelings. Apparently, those people are running into the wrong kind of men or possibly approaching them and they feel they cannot share their thoughts. Like women, they should feel secure in a situation to tell you what is going on, isn’t that we want? We need to provide the type of atmosphere to where that is okay, just like we want the comfort to share our feelings as well. To be fair, I know several women that hold back their feelings as well. This is due to a fear of getting hurt or maybe they just do not want to open up like some do. Either way we should not criticize. Allowing someone to act the way in which they feel comfortable is the easiest way to show them they can open up to you, woman or man.
Blogging: Being Remodeled 2
I feel that I did not add enough into Blogging: Being Remodeled, therefore, I decided to add on with a second post. In this second post I would like to focus more on how blogging has changed over the years from the “I couldn’t help but wonder…” (From Carrie Bradshaw in Sex & the City) to the multimedia frenzy blogging has become.
Let us be honest, as much as we do not want to admit, over the years things have changed. We have become more about convenience and less about sitting down and properly doing or learning something. Our generation (1980-1990) can be considered impatient and it has been proven that we learn better by bullet point than a drawn out lecture. We need to retrain our minds and understand that what may be the easiest way is not usually the best. There are so many people that want to fill us with knowledge and we dismiss that.
Like I said before blogging has evolved, we have turned to videos and photos to inform us of the message that text used to be able to provide. The fact that this type of media is change is not a bad thing at all; however, I do feel as if it is stunting us slightly. We are watching instead of reading. Both methods may help us to create our own opinions, but when you see something visual you are already given the idea of what said thing looks like. We need to allow our minds to grow, sit down and comprehend, allow something to come to us naturally.
My goal with these few paragraphs is to motivate you to push yourself. Watch a foreign film and read the captions, analyze a video but read about it first. We can retrain our minds and this is just the beginning!
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
Blogging: Being Remodeled
Blogging has definitely changed; it has grown from the typical written journal with reflections and comments to a multimedia frenzy. Although mass text is still very common, we have now branched out and added links, images, video feed and music. For example, just the other day I made an apple pie. I documented the process with photos and added a small except of text below to explain.
In researching blogs I look for one that is constantly tended to. A site will only influence me if I have something new to read or discover each day. The following two blogs, although very different in content I follow and look at every day because they both have something to offer me and are added to daily.
Ragan.com is a site that provides you with updated information on what is happen in the world of PR, HR, Social Media, etc. I find this very helpful, due to my interest in Social Media and Public Relations. This site is updated constantly, with several new posts each day. I feel that any blogger can relate to the stories posted and gain valuable knowledge on these topics. I found this site on Twitter, which they are linked with and also Facebook if you are more partial to one more so than the other. Highly Suggest! Link: http://www.ragan.com/Main/Home.aspx
Another blog, a bit more fun is f*ck Yeah Tattoos. This is a site for tattoos, clearly stated in the name, and it is updated almost by the hour. The creator of this blog is not the only one posting, but everyone around the world with tattoos that want to show their work or their friends. You can submit a photo of the piece, add the location and a little story. They will then review it and you are posted. The thing about posting on another blog is your submission is reviewed; therefore there are typically no spelling errors and the photo is appropriate for all eyes.
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
