The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
You’re the only one in your head, heart, and soul. Certain things are true for everyone. Every single person on Planet Earth, in one form or another, wakes up, has a day, goes to sleep, and repeats the next day. Yes, some people sleep for only short spans while others get hours. Some people’s “day” is other people’s “night.” Yet everybody has a time when they are awake, not asleep, and moving through their life. This is where variations begin.
The challenges of living in a quick-fix society. The upside and downside of today’s world is its speed. What took several minutes a century ago is virtually instantaneous now. Food that took hours to cook can be made in minutes. The convenience is astonishing. However, it has also devastated attention spans. People used to accept that things took time way more readily than we do now. We want it instantly, as soon as possible – if not sooner. What’s more,
Be outraged, but be mindful of what that means. There is some absolutely bizarre shit happening in the world today. Between the utterly messed up political machine in the US, the Russian oligarchy and Putin, and the ongoing Israel/Palestine debacle, it feels like all reason and sanity have left the building. And maybe it has. Rational, reasonable, multifaceted debate has given way to loud, opinionated, factless shouting. Civil discourse has been replaced by baseless, repetitious, utterly false jingoism and worse.
There are lots of signs when it’s not genuine. The concept of positivity has gotten a bad reputation because of toxic positivity. What is toxic positivity? It’s a form of unnatural, forced positivity. It can also be a gross misinterpretation of the concept of the power of positive thinking, the Law of Attraction, and the like. At its core, toxic positivity is the notion of absolute, no-holds-barred, no-other-options positivity. The idea is that an utterly positive attitude, approach, and positioning
You can always find positivity somewhere. Over the past couple of months, I’ve needed to lessen my time on social media. Why? Because there is so much fear, uncertainty, and negativity pervading every channel, it’s difficult not to be left feeling bad. Bear in mind, I am in no way, shape, or form, advocating for putting on blinders, adopting a Pollyanna attitude, or ignoring the shit going down out there. Awareness is important because knowledge is power. What I am
I’m here, you’re here, and that’s a very good thing. If you practice kindness, compassion, and empathy in your life – it’s really challenging right now. The surreal things being done by the US Government, people treating other people as lesser as part of resurgent prejudices, not to mention world affairs – it can feel really hopeless. When you focus on these things far, far outside of your control it’s hard to feel hope. You can do little to nothing,
You’re the only one who can look out for your sanity. I’m fairly certain that I lost my sanity around my freshman year of college. In fact, I spent an afternoon looking all over the campus for it. This included opening my mailbox and asking if my sanity was there, walking around calling for it like a lost dog, and then a friend said she saw it run off…with her sanity. All kidding aside, it’s increasingly difficult to maintain sanity
You are worthy and deserving of getting the win. A lot of the narrative in the world today is all about the win. You’re a winner or a loser. Take this side, you’re a winner; take that side, you’re a loser. Be like that guy you will win; be like that guy you will lose. This comes with a huge number of false equivalences, outright lies, and distractions. Then, a lot of impressions get made that create unnecessary competition, division,
The surprising positivity in being imperfect. You have screwed up before. You chose the wrong toothpaste, an inconsiderate lover, the wrong time to take a trip, the wrong job, and tons of other things both big and small. Congratulations, you are a human being. Well done. Yet you are constantly being bombarded by messages about perfection, buying “X” to look good, doing “Y” to feel good, and the like, in a way that makes getting it wrong and fucking it
It is one of the best ways to handle the insanity of the world. Given the current state of the world and the craziness therein, the topic of positivity looks incredibly disingenuous. People are suffering needlessly. Protections for the environment and other safeties are being removed for no good reason. Those who are supposed to protect us are increasingly joining or siding with those intent on harming us. None of it makes sense. It’s scary, uncertain, frustrating, frightening, and totally
