The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Positivity

You Can Choose to See the Dark or Seek the Light

The decision is yours. Everywhere you turn, there’s doom and gloom. All across social media, new reports, conversations with friends and family, it’s like a cloud constantly hovering above you. None of this is normal. The sense of fear, uncertainty, and hopelessness dominating it all? This is not normal. Then, to complicate matters, finding the balance between knowledge and being informed versus oversharing and being inundated is always challenging. You can’t ignore what’s happening, wear blinders, and pretend this isn’t

Pause And Clear the Schmutz Off Your Glasses

A simple act with a deeper meaning. As I sit here, trying to figure out what to write about today, it occurs to me that the lenses of my blue blocker glasses are seriously smudged. How often do I notice that and ignore it? Today, I paused, grabbed the spray and cloths, and cleared the schmutz off my glasses. That’s better. These glasses I wear when I work at my computer don’t correct my vision. I only wear them to

Nothing Lasts Forever

That’s more positive than negative. We are living in a bizarre, uncertain, distressing world right now. Tons of progress made toward a more equal, diverse, inclusive, amazing world are being shredded by scared, greedy, uncertain, thoughtless people on many levels. It’s hard to find positivity in much of anything regarding the world at large. It’s hard to accept anything in your personal life that’s good without feeling guilty or selfish. Yet, truth be told, there’s almost nothing you can do

What Will Today Bring?

Applied nontoxic positivity can help answer this question. No two days are alike. Similar, sure. Alike? No. This is because variables will make every single day different and unique in some way or other. For example, even if you wake up at 6am, on the dot, every morning, the sun isn’t precisely where it was the day before. No matter how close the temperature of the air is today to what it was yesterday, the humidity and barometric pressure are

Are You Being Manipulated by Fear More Than You Realize?

Unless you’re being actively mindful, the answer is probably yes. The world is not the giant, insurmountable ball of negativity you read about in the news. Before you disregard that statement, pause a moment the next time you’re in a grocery store, public park, or anywhere else with lots of people. What do you see? Is everyone being terrible to everyone around them? Is it a war zone of people taking, pushing, shoving, and doing naught but harm? Or is

Did You Make a Poor Choice?

Guess what? You can make a new one now. Everybody makes mistakes. There isn’t a single person on Planet Earth who doesn’t err, make a poor choice, or fuck up. Not. A. One. You have made a poor choice in your life. I know that because you’re only human, and humans can, will, and do make poor choices. Guess what? You are not alone. So, so very not alone. Everyone. Every. Single. Person. Chooses badly from time to time. Yes,

Why Do I Keep Promoting Nontoxic Positivity?

Because the world doesn’t need more negativity in it. Let’s be honest. We’re living in maddening, frightening, crazy times. The degree of uncertainty we face daily is surreal, to put it mildly. A lot of the progress made toward greater equality, equity, diversity, inclusivity, and the like, is being destroyed by hateful, greedy, spiteful people. Unfortunately, their example is rubbing off on scared, uncertain, disempowered people. There isn’t anything you or I can do about that big picture. We can’t

The Unknown is Only Scary If You Choose to Be Afraid of It

The unknown is not positive or negative; it just is. One reason, possibly the main reason, so many people fall for the lies of people like Trump is fear of the unknown. The world is moving so fast that people feel left behind, disregarded, and like they have zero control over any of it. Thus, the so-called powerful prey upon them and their fears to enrich themselves while fucking everyone else over. This is easy to see when you take

What Do You/Can You Truly Control in Life?

The illusion of control can be broken by mindfulness. Our collective consciousness is full to overflowing with false notions of control. From the fictional, where powerful sorcerers can control the masses with magic, to reality, where politicians strive to control the masses with fear, the notion of control is incredibly convoluted. The idea that someone can control someone else is the main issue. That’s because, in truth, nobody can control anybody else. You have zero control over anyone else at

The Reality of Positivity

What is the reality of positivity, and how does it work? Positivity is not just a thought or a feeling. It’s also attitude and approach. It’s making a choice, here and now, in this moment, to face the positive end of the spectrum. Life is always in motion. You’re impacted by your internal thoughts, feelings, approach, and intentions. External stimuli, influencers, social media, news, and more, also impact you. Moment to moment, life is in constant flux. Positivity is not

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