The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
Sometimes it takes very little to do a lot. Change is the one and only constant in the universe. No matter who, what, where, how, or why you are, change will happen. For the most part, change is impartial, neutral, and simply occurs. It takes many forms and happens both insanely fast and ludicrously slow. When it comes to the big picture matters and the collective consciousness, you and I have little to no control over anything. As I frequently
Everything changes and evolves, after all. Life is seldom stagnant for long. Sure, you might get several years where nothing much changes, but small things can, will, and do. Change is inevitable because it’s the one and only constant in the universe. Everything, be it person, place, or thing, changes. The majority of that simply is, and is neither good nor bad. A lot of people find this hard to swallow. Some cling to what they know, the familiar, the
We can learn from the past and look to the future by living in the now. For a long time, I envied people who had certain childhood memories that I lack. A home they grew up in that was unchanged for 30 years, large families living within just a few miles of each other that gathered to celebrate milestones, childhood friends they remain in touch with today, and the like. That’s certainly not everyone’s story, and definitely not mine. I
Caring about other people reflects our own desires, after all. Too many of the people in the current US Government administration don’t care about anyone other than themselves. Read any social media post from the President, the words of most of the department secretaries, and too much of Congress, and it’s utterly clear. The message is guard yourself, your “people,” and fuck those guys. It’s incredibly disheartening. What’s more, too many people are accepting it as the new normal and
Time to send the fear packing! I’m tired of living in fear. And in this instance, I’m not talking about the fear-based elements of this society. I’m talking about the fears that have kept me from being less than I know I can be. More than once in my life, I shrank away from doing something I believed I could/should do. Maybe I went halfway, maybe I started. But on too many occasions, I backed down, self-sabotaged, and/or allowed myself
Something in my head, buried deep, is holding me back. There are two reasons I write these explorations into mindfulness, nontoxic positivity, conscious reality creation, and the like. The first is to share these ideas, put the notions out into the universe in plain language so that I can help others discover a different approach to life, the universe, and everything. Too many forces in the world want to keep us small, and anything I can do to address this
This is not something to be done lightly. I’ve been in and out of therapy most of my life. It began after my parents’ divorce when I was 5 or 6. Over the years, I’ve seen a wide variety of psychologists and psychiatrists. Some have been incredibly helpful, some less so. But good therapists have helped me understand myself and the world I live in more clearly mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. Mental health is too easily taken for granted.
Take comfort in the fact that nothing is set in stone. It’s hard not to look at the big picture of the world around us and not feel concern. This isn’t helped by the bombardment and overwhelm of stories about ongoing atrocities and awfulness internationally and domestically. You can quickly lose hope, especially if you doomscroll on social media. There is very little you can do about the big picture world. Most of it is far beyond you and your
Because that way lies madness. Everywhere you turn, especially across social media, the narrative loudly screams about “US” vs “THEM”. The emphasis on the extremes and how “we” need to protect ourselves from “they” is utterly out of hand. When all is said and done, no matter what divisive label you apply, people aren’t so radically different. Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t want to have fairness, compassion, and empathy in their life? I haven’t. These are universal desires
It’s been with me for a while, and I can’t put my finger on it. I have this odd, nagging sense that something’s off that I just can’t shake. And it’s been nagging at me for quite some time now. Maybe it’s the craziness of the big picture elements of the world. As much as I’m careful about how much time I spend on social media and how little I read or watch the news, the madness of the world’s
