The Ramblings of the Titanium Don

What Control Do You Have?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   You can take control by giving up control. One of the most dominant messages of society is control. There are any number of examples of this you can look to. Control over immigration; shifting control of industries away from federal regulations; controlling the media to be more favorable to one opinion or the other. Everywhere you look, there are attempts at assuming, creating, destroying, or otherwise shifting

Positivity is an Attitude

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   Positivity is an attitude It goes way beyond thinking and feeling – this is a whole-self attitude. For many years, the power of positive thinking has been hoisted towards the top of the self-help flagpole. While it can be very helpful to think positively, it isn’t always sustainable, because negative things can and will happen, and should not be disregarded. But positivity is not just a matter

Life is Never a Singular Path

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   You are empowered to choose the path/paths you desire for you. Over the course of your life, you are going to have different goals at different times. Some are small goals, others are larger and have a wider impact. All of them are significant to you. There will be occasions when you are on more than one path at the same time. For example: developing a relationship

Can a Laugh Generate Positivity?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   What makes you laugh? Do you know how much positivity a laugh can generate? Laughter is a gateway to positivity. I know there are lots of times that laughing seems challenging at best. Spend enough time on social media and you will be inundated with plenty of things that are not funny. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do things that make us smile. When you tune

Do I Know Who I Am?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   I am not going to hold back any longer. I am showing who I am. No more hiding aspects of who I am. The time is at hand for me to be the best me possible. There are many aspects of myself that I tend to make light of, or give little to no acknowledgement of. Some of this has come from concerns about how people will

Recognizing the Three Brands of Truth

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   In any argument or discussion, there will always be three truths. Yours, Mine, and the Absolute. If you believe that the truth is the truth, you are right – but you are also wrong. This is because in many instances the truth is entirely dependent on viewpoint. In Return of the Jedi, Luke confronts Obi-Wan’s Force ghost about claiming that Darth Vader murdered his father, rather than

What is Intention?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   What is Intention? Intention is focus. It is the focus on the action that creates reality. Mindfulness is about knowing your own thoughts and feelings. With knowledge of your thoughts and feelings, you can take actions to consciously create reality. But the actions need focus, direction, or specifically intention. So what is intent?  Dictionary.com defines it thus: Intent (noun) something that is intended; purpose; design; intention the act or fact of intending, as to do something meaning or significance. When it

How does an Abundant Universe Impact Positivity?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   We live in an abundant Universe. What that means is that there is more than enough of everything, material or immaterial, that you desire for your life. One of the important reasons to be more mindful is to be more capable of recognizing the artifices of the world we live in.  A lot of our beliefs that we buy into have been bought and paid for by

How Are Willing and Willful Similar and Different?

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;

How is Accountable Mindful?

This post contains affiliate banner links. For more info, see my disclosures.   Being accountable is an important aspect of mindfulness. When you are mindful, you are choosing to be aware of yourself.  You are aware of what you are thinking, how you are feeling, and actions you are taking from there. When we are mindful of ourselves, we need to be accountable.  Why?  Because the only way to improve our lot in life is to be accountable for being