The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
You are not alone. No matter how lonely, no matter how isolated, no matter how detached you may feel, you are not alone. It does not matter how unique you are, it is not important how much differently you think from those around you – you are not alone. No one else is here, you might be thinking. There is no one else inside my head. No one is beside me. I am alone in this life. This is simply
We have an amazing power in creativity. Our unique ability to make our world, to build, to invent, to evolve, to start from a raw idea and conjure an amazing construct is incredible. While we have observed other creatures on this world capable of building and using tools, none has show the skills we have to imagine and create wonders. We take so many aspects of our world for granted. From the smallest things like running water and electricity for
Some days you feel sorely tested. I just had such a day. I went to work, and I was confronted with multiple difficult situations that really tested my patience, my crisis management skills, my people skills, and my diplomacy. It was the kind of moment that left me utterly drained, sapped most of my energy and made me question why I even continue to do this job. I got home from work exhausted. It took several hours for me to
YOU are an incredible, worthwhile, amazing person. How does that sit with you? Do you take the compliment as complimentary, or does it make you uncomfortable? Do you want to deny the statement, humble yourself? One of the best ways to reach a positive place it to learn to both give and receive compliments more freely. We as a society have gotten quite talented at finding the flaws, pointing out the inequities, and criticizing. We point out the negatives easily
Last week I talked about attitude shifters. This week is a step back, into the notion of mindfulness. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is self-awareness. It is knowing what you are thinking, how you are feeling, and who you are intent on being. It is continuously amazing to me how easily we lose sight of mindfulness. We get caught up in all the things around us, the attitudes and feelings of the people we surround ourselves with, and that in turn
To help yourself be more positive, it is extremely helpful to have attitude shifters. What is an attitude shifter? A shifter is something you can think about or focus on that will make you feel good. Shifters can come in any number of forms. A picture of a person, place or thing that makes you feel happy. A song or movie dialogue or comedy routine that puts you in a good mood. A scent, the smell of something that brings
We all need positive energy. When we are constantly bombarded by news of tragedy and inundated with stories of greed and corruption it is increasingly difficult to find positive energy. All you have to do is read through posts on Twitter or Facebook or Google+ from well-meaning friends and you will experience all the terrible things happening in the world today. It is very hard not to get increasingly frustrated, angry, incensed over the vast amounts of unfairness, stupidity, and
Perseverance is the difference between a fleeting notion and the pursuit of an idea. After one hundred weeks of posts about this concept of Pathwalking, I thought it an apropos topic. Perseverance is not simply having an idea, it is moving forward in making the intangible idea into a tangible thing. It is a part of the means to the ends. Dictionary.com defines perseverance thus: noun 1.steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. I think nothing summarizes the entire concept of Pathwalking quite like this
Don’t ever give up hope. I could spout all sorts of platitudes and ideas and clichés on this topic, but that gets old and worn fast. Hope, for its own sake, is a belief, an emotion that is sustenance for the soul. Hope is this strange, obscure tenet that is tremendously misunderstood. It is often held to simply be that intangible something to be clung to, something worth living for, something not to be let go of. But it is