In the 2002 movie entitled Catch Me If You Can, Leo DiCaprio portrays “real life” felon Frank Abagnale, who spent several years on the run. During that period, Mr. Abagnale claims that he posed as various professionals, including a lawyer and a physician. The movie primarily focuses on his time spent posing as a pilot for Pan American airlines. He evaded police capture until … Continue reading Catch “Me” If You Can
A look at John Keat’s negative capability Continue reading Living in the Mystery
A look of the Taoist notion of Wu Wei Continue reading The Flow of Life: The Wisdom of Wu Wei
I’ll start with a tangent (can you begin with a tangent? If you’re starting with it, by definition it’s the thing your discussing. Anyway): today in the American Northeast, January is wearing the look that earned it its street cred: impossibly depressing wet snow that can’t even reach the muddy dead grass without corroding into slush, a thick sheet of gun-metal gray skies, and temperatures … Continue reading Context > Texting
Please note this is a partnered post and may contain affiliate links. *** It is never easy to lose a loved one. No matter who you lose or how, it will always be a situation that is loaded with painful feelings, which frequently take a long time to digest. Although grieving is natural and is all part of the healing process after a loss, if … Continue reading How To Make Losing A Loved One A Little Easier
Responsibility and ownership of one’s actions Continue reading The Big Impact of Small Actions
Please note this is a partnered post and may contain affiliate links. Maintaining great mental health in the modern day is becoming more and more difficult. There are so many things that can cause extreme stress and anxiety, and it’s far too easy to get swept into the tide of chaos and confusion. Thankfully, it’s more than possible to escape the mental anguish in order … Continue reading Maintaining The Best Mental Health: A Simple Guide
People are afraid to grow old because they don’t want to lose their cognitive abilities. An important part of healthy aging is staying active, both mentally and physically. There are plenty of opportunities to keep your brain stimulated as you age that will not cost much money or take up too much time. Image Credit Here Are 7 Ways To Have Fun So That You … Continue reading 7 Fun Ways To Keep Your Aging Mind Healthy
The value of silence Continue reading The Importance of Silence
By Jack Canfora Happy 2022! Well, let’s not put too much pressure on ourselves: happy 2022. Better. Punctuation makes such a difference. I’m a little late this week for my Thursday post, but I figure, it’s five o’clock on Thursday somewhere, right? Actually, I just googled this. Turns out that’s wrong. Still. Here are some of my hopes and predictions for 2022. Just think how … Continue reading 2022: Some Hopes and Predictions
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope this is year is the best year of all our lives so far! We talk about resolutions at the beginning of years, right? We set goals for ourselves. I had a few of these in previous years too. But I am in a different kind of mood this year. No resolutions but acceptance of whatever I come across. So, … Continue reading New Year, No Resolutions
Happy New Year to my fellow bloggers and blog-lovers. Let’s commend ourselves for making it another year. You did it! 2021 was full of mountains and valleys. Lovely and lamentable times. The New Year invites us to write the first page of a new chapter. Whether you believe in resolutions or not, this is the time of year we’re all thinking about how we want … Continue reading Notes from Nietzsche on the New Year
A field guide to wonder and awe Continue reading The Awesomeness of Awe
By E.L. Jayne Red rock roads and satin sunsets. Crimson cacti and eclectic, desert diners. Moab, Utah is a splendid sight for sore eyes. This trip to Moab held a completely new experience in store for me. I was attending a festival for BASE jumpers to film my friends jump off really high mountains. Continue reading An unexpected lesson from the world’s most dangerous sport.
When Hope Emerges Continue reading When Hope Emerges
By Jack Canfora (But not really – someone way better – and best of all – departed long enough to free me of any copyright issues! Besides, the letter is written to someone named Kappus, which I repeatedly misread as Krappus, so that’s comic gold right there… Rome, 23 December 1903 My dear Mr Kappus, You shall not go without greetings from me at Christmas … Continue reading A Post For Those Who Find The Holidays Challenging
As humans we spend most of our lives in a state of perpetual craving and desire. We land a big promotion at work, but soon fantasize about continuing to move up the corporate ladder. We become consumed by discontent and dissatisfaction as we constantly compare our social standing to that of our peers. Wealth, status and power are engrained in our cultural ethos. However, all … Continue reading Escaping the Rat Race: Lessons from Buddhism
Hello there! I want to talk about taking action today. Why? Because it has been the major way for me to get over many things, especially in recent months. I am an overthinker (why do you think I am writing on this blog lol). I am also not good at multitasking. When you combine these two, you get someone who cannot move on easily until … Continue reading Action!
As an empath, I believe in second chances. Life can be difficult at times and can cause people to act out of character. No one is perfect. I always try to find the good in people. This is why I believe in second and even third chances. Encouraging someone to pursue growth and even helping them along the way is a privilege. However, there is … Continue reading Getting Away With Murder
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity Simone weil Our lives are the collective sum of what we choose to pay attention to. Each passing moment a spotlight is cast into the world and reveals to us what we focus on. In one sense nothing can be more important than cultivating one’s attention, it dictates what we see and how we interact with … Continue reading Attention – A Gateway to the Mysteries of the World
