The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Positivity

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

Positivity Is Not Pointless

Genuine positivity can still be employed in the face of this crazy reality. Unless you’ve been living in a cave or otherwise off the grid, you probably see the insanity that is the state of “reality” today. Distressing policies and laws being made, undoing environmental protections and civil liberties, increasing stances against science and reason, and other unfathomable matters are bombarding us daily. It can start to feel like it’s all going to come crashing down. It’s the end of

How Can You Break Free of the Collective Consciousness?

This is where applied mindfulness and nontoxic positivity come in. You are the only you that there is. Hence, you’re the only one in your head, heart, and soul. Nobody but you can think your thoughts, feel your feelings, determine your intentions, choose if your approach is positive or negative, or take action, but you. These are wholly your choices to make. Or not. Because, as singular and unique as you are, you are also part of the greater collective

Caring Is Not a Weakness

Kindness, compassion, empathy, and caring empower. There’s a loud, obnoxious message permeating the collective consciousness these days. That message is that kindness, compassion, empathy, and caring make you weak. That giving a shit about the welfare of anyone other than yourself or your specific group is somehow part of the “woke” agenda. The message is that doing anything for anyone other than you and yours is a sign of weakness. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is not

What’s On The Other Side of This Mood?

That depends on the choices I make. I am not in a good mood at the moment. There are multiple compounding factors to this. For context, please allow me to lay them out here. I did not sleep well last night. I was having stress-thoughts (dreams? It’s so seldom that I recall dreams). These were about the insane, infuriating state of the nation, the world, my medieval reenactment society, the health and welfare of numerous of my friends, and a

Only You Know Where Your Lines Are

That’s good – knowing your lines empowers you. Everyone has limits of their own making. Lines in the sand that they cannot or will not cross. Some of these are utterly conscious and handpicked. Others are subconscious and not necessarily desirable. Yet, either way, only you know where your lines are. There are many things in your life that you can apply lines to. Often, people cede many of them because they worry about the impression drawing lines will make

Okay or Not Okay is Okay

Nobody can tell you how to be. Life in 2025 can be thoroughly exhausting. Spend any time at all reading or watching the news, talking to people about current events, and the ongoing assault on basic human decency, and it hits you. The dread, the uncertainty, the disquiet, the unease, and the fear are mind-numbing. For some people, all of this is a distant, far-off abstract. It’s so far enough removed from you and your life that little of what’s

Are You Alive and Breathing Right Now?

So long as you’re alive and breathing, you can do something. Just when you think the world can’t get any crazier, it does. Before you know it, you read about the latest utterly surreal move on the part of that businessperson, those politicians, that shitgibbon, and so on. It’s distressing, disheartening, upsetting, maddening, and scary. Life is always in flux because change is the one and only constant in the Universe. Yet, most people can only handle so much change

You Can Only Balance Yourself and Your Life

Trying to balance other people’s lives will drive you mad. I’m going to make a statement that you might not like to read, but it’s a true statement. The quest for happiness is seldom the true life quest that anyone undertakes. What does that mean? It means that happiness, in and of itself, is not an end-all be-all matter. Happiness comes and goes, ebbs and flows. Often, something that makes you happy might have an instantaneous impact on you, but

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