The Ramblings of the Titanium Don

Responsible and Accountable is a First Step in Forgiveness

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   While it is important to be responsible and accountable for your thoughts, feelings and actions, there is a massively important aspect of this notion we cannot ignore. When you have accepted responsibility and accountability, you need to forgive yourself. Forgiveness can be difficult in many ways.  When somebody does something awful to you, directly or indirectly, it may not be so easy to forgive them. But in

How Do I Be Who I Want To Be?

Be who you want to be. Do not wait for the right time, the right situation, or whatever perfect storm you desire.  Be who you want, right now.  Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, be who you want to be. I have spent a good part of my life struggling with my own identity.  This has come in a lot of different forms, but it has mostly been a combination of being indecisive about who I am, concerns about

Pathwalking 130

Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. This is how life works. You cannot always get a medal just for participating. Sometimes you score a win, and sometimes you get a loss. This is how it is. The problem that comes of this is not about competition, and it is not about whether you are on the winning end or the losing one. The issue to pay attention to is whether you are gracious or sore in victory or defeat.

Positivity: Failure

For some, failure is the thing they fear the most. For some, there is nothing more awful, more terrifying, more negative than failure. Failure is not a negative, unless you choose for it to be. Failure can be, in fact, quite the positive. Yes, this runs counter to much of the beliefs our society holds. We always hear about the success stories, we are always striving to be successful in our endeavors. As such, we hold up success as an