The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Positivity

You and Your Life Is the Best Place to Start

Your life is the only place you have any real control. Spend any time on social media, watching the news, or even interacting with people, it looks like the world is going mad. So many crazy, bizarre, distressing things are happening in the world, across the country, and probably among people you know more intimately; it can all feel utterly out of control. For some, getting involved and organizing protests, leading boycotts, driving people to polling places, and the like,

No Two People Desire the Same Thing

Most desires are intangible and abundant. Apart from greedy, intentionally cruel, terrible people, nobody wants war. History shows how time and again, despite some technological advancements, war only gets us dead people on both sides. Today is Memorial Day in the United States. On this day, we honor those who gave their lives so that our democracy and its principles could remain. Whether the war they fought was just or unjust, today we honor fallen soldiers and their ultimate sacrifice.

YOU Are Worthy and Deserving

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. One of the most difficult things to deal with in the world today is how many people want us to live small. A relatively tiny percentage of the so-called “wealthy” and “powerful” care for only what advances them. The rest of us are expected to be grateful for the table scraps they’re “generously” tossing us. The messages are overwhelming. Do this, that, or the other thing, in the way we insist, or else you’re

You Can’t Provide Awareness For Another

Awareness is an individual inside job. Genuine, nontoxic positivity is relatively easy to find. Unfortunately, real positive things are easily eclipsed by – *waves around, inarticulately, at the current world situation* – all of this. Some weeks, it’s especially hard to write about this, because various and sundry things keep it hidden and make it look disingenuous and false. I love watching people. Seeing how people are, their body language, expressions, how they carry themselves, and such, is utterly fascinating.

It Empowers You to Admit When You Don’t Know

This is positive, despite the idea that the opposite is true. Some people cannot admit to ever being wrong. Similarly, you probably know someone who knows a lot, and/or a little, about seemingly everything. Still, for all that you can and do know, what you don’t know doesn’t make you less. How much is there to know? So much. And when you are from different parts of the world, you have different bases of knowledge to work from. There is

Most People Are Not So Bad

They just don’t tend to make the news. It’s all too easy to look at the world and the people in it and think the worst. Like everywhere you turn, you learn about someone doing something terrible. The latest shooting, crime, greedy billionaire, or similar awful human is paraded before you on the news, social media, and so on. Looking at the big picture, and the world of politics, big business, and celebrity, bad people doing bad things appear to

Choosing Not to Let Worry Hijack You

There’s a line between concern, worry, and how you let it impact you. Unless you’re living under a rock, you’re probably being impacted by the crazy happenings around the world. Governments committing atrocities at home and abroad, the greedy harming people and the environment alike, and a disturbing increase in maligning the kind, compassionate, and empathetic. Spend any time on social media, and you’ll be quickly bombarded with all kinds of terrible, awful, negative things. Is it any wonder so

The Challenge of Developing Trust

Trust takes a mix of time, effort, and faith. Ours is not a trusting society. Not by any stretch of the imagination. All you have to do is look at the disturbing bias in media. It’s frighteningly easy to get only 1 side of every political, moral, and business debate. Confirmation bias – seeking and finding info that meets your expectations and refutes any opposition – is everywhere. Given recent decisions on the part of big business caring way more

Pay More Attention to the Good Things Out There

Seriously, good things ARE happening in the world at large. Let’s face it. Bad news sells. Chaos gets attention. Fear makes you look. That’s why the dominant narrative across media – all media – is things that are scary, unpleasant, awful, and surreal. Yes, shit is happening out there that you need to be aware of. Informed decisions can only be made when you are informed. But the line between sharing and inundated gets constantly blurred. It’s so easy to

You Can Always Learn Something New

Learning is essential to living. For many people, the idea of lifelong learning is unappealing. They think that after formal schooling is done – whether that concludes with High School, college, or something vocational – they need not learn anymore. While the classroom setting ceases to be the primary place for education, learning is essential to living. There’s one very simple reason for this truth: Because change is the one and only constant in the universe. Everything changes. You change.

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