The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Life is not just black and white. Our lives are not lived in the extremes of either/or. Life is lived in the greys and colors between the black and white of the extremes. Society wants us to use these extremes because they appear easy to relate to. Black and white, fat and thin, short and tall, rich and poor, and so forth. These absolutes feel as if
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. What makes you feel afraid? Everybody has things they fear. Some are tangible, material things like spiders, snakes, and heights. But the vast majority of what makes us feel afraid are the intangible, immaterial things. These include intimacy, success, failure, abandonment, wealth, and a vast number of feelings and emotions. Intangibles, maybe, but still impactful on our lives. The fear reflex in each of us is hardwired.
Celebrate the people in your life every day. There are any number of holidays upon which we remember specific people. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day celebrate individuals or groups. But we should do all we can to celebrate people every day. While I often discuss here the idea of self-care and doing things for ourselves, it cannot be to the detriment of people who are in our lives. Even the most introverted amongst us
Loss is a part of Pathwalking. Because life is ever changing, and because we are not static creatures, we will experience losses along our paths. Some are good for us, some less so. The hardest loss to take is that of a friend or loved one. When we lose people, grief is different for every one of us. In a society where we often look at the “norms”, how we grieve is one of those things that no two people
Giving is an amazing force for Positivity. Some people go through this life and make accommodations for others, take time to help people in a myriad of ways, and do things for people without a second thought. They are people who give time, energy and more, so that others may benefit. They don’t even consider what they do to be giving. Giving is a powerful tool. We have an amazing capacity to give on an incredible number of levels. We
I love my people. Who are my people? My people are the ones who I turn to for support, whom I look to for guidance, and whom I share a great many commonalities. I have found the majority of my people in the SCA. Twenty-six years in the Society for Creative Anachronism has introduced me to a lot of people who are as into history and fantasy as I am. My geeky tribe, frequently of fellow misfits. Yes, I was
The people who become our persons in this life can be an amazing source of Positivity. If, like me, you find that overall people make you crazy, you understand this distinction. What it boils down to is those who we get close to in various ways are persons, as opposed to those who are the faceless masses we refer to as people. People in this sense tend to drive us nuts. They cut you off on the road, they elect
Your people are a huge contributor to positivity. There is a difference between people, and YOUR people. People in the general sense of the world, like the population of the planet, can be utterly infuriating. But YOUR people are those whom you hold close. Your confidants, family, friends and loved ones. We all have individuals that improve our lives. Members of the human race that help us find calm, find happiness and peace and joy. There is someone out there
You cannot help the world if you don’t help yourself. Pathwalking is about seeking out your own destiny. Walking your own path in life. Pathwalking is about living life to the fullest, striving for the best experiences. It can be very hard not to feel that this idea is selfish. It is even more difficult when you see the state of the world today. The constant deluge of information, specifically negativity, greed, and selfishness, can be disconcerting. I try not
Sources to inspire Positivity can be found anywhere. Some sources of inspiration are easier to come by than others. Yet knowing we have an endless pool of resources, we can be inspired and find Positivity in all sorts of unexpected places. It’s important to keep in mind that inspiration doesn’t need to be a grandiose, earth-shattering something. We can be inspired by surprisingly mundane and uncomplicated things. Inspiration can be that simple spark that gets you to eat healthy, to