The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. The world is seldom the extremes we are presented. There are many reasons why this is so, but the extremes of our world, the polar opposites, are seldom where anyone or anything actually exists. I believe that a lot of the emphasis on the extremes is because they seem easy. Either/or situations can be made to feel simpler than having more choices on the table. What’s more,
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Recognizing the difference between willing and willful is important. Each of these ideas has its own time and place. But when they are misused, they can be detrimental to anything you might be attempting to create. What are willing and willful, and how do they differ? Dictionary.com gives us this: Willing (adjective) disposed or consenting; inclined cheerfully consenting or ready done, given, borne, used, etc., with cheerful readiness Willful (adjective) deliberate, voluntary, or intentional unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; self-willed Willingness is the presentation of inclination and consent;
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
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. The key to self-help is right there in the name. Self. Help. As in you help your self. Ironically, despite this idea of working with ourselves to help ourselves, people still seem easily inclined to give up their power, and turn to others to improve their lives. There are certainly plenty of times where we need the help of others. Doctors can treat illnesses and prescribe needed
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Why is being mindful all the rage in the self-help world? I can tell you that there is more than one answer, and they are likely all right, and all wrong at the same time. The concept of mindfulness and being mindful takes in a lot of different approaches. Meditation, psychiatry, self-help and philosophy all apply the idea in order to better ourselves and enrich our lives.
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Do you ever find that you are asking yourself why or why not a lot? Often the topic can be similar, but it’s just a matter of approach. Why take that chance? Why not take that chance? Why is a question we ask constantly, pretty much all of our lives. Why is the sky blue? Why are those people holding hands? Why did he/she/they dump me? And
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. The heart and head will sometimes pull you in different, opposing directions. Your feelings will try to take you one way, while your thoughts attempt to take you another. Oddly, despite these both coming from you, they can make you feel as if you are an outside observer. When you can reach that place, and be the detached, outside observer, you can best determine how to synchronize
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Being kind and supportive towards others is a sign of strength. Somewhere along the way, this has gotten lost. From the highest offices in the land to the poorest poor, we have become more uncertain and unkind towards strangers. All too often, people keep to themselves. But more than that, they are unwilling to reach out to other people for various reasons. Whether it is their intent
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. The answer for me is simple. I want to be better because I know I am not at my best. What does that mean? That means that, on a deeply personal level, I am aware that I am not all that I can be. There is room for improvement, and I can be better than I am in many ways. Why be better? Because I desire more
This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures. Selfishness is not what you think it is. This can be particularly challenging, because a great deal of the way in which we perceive our universe attributes much to selfishness. And while there are certainly some tremendously selfish people out there, much of what people see as selfish is not. I want to begin with a broad definition of what selfishness is NOT. Selfishness is not taking