Embrace the pain

Embrace the pain

The two greatest causes of suffering in our society are: too much thinking, and trying to avoid or escape uncomfortable feelings. Most of you reading this will be familiar with too much thinking and how trying to stop thinking too much by thinking abou …

   

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Humility

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but rather thinking less about yourself. How to develop it?

   

thoughts intrusive

Managing intrusive and feelings

Intrusive thoughts are repetitive and usually related to fears, worries, resentment, obsessions, etc.

   

mistakes

Success is built on mistakes

Wisdom can be defined as our capacity to make good decisions. It is also true that our capacity to make good decisions is based on our experience of bad decisions. One of the regrets people voice in end-of- life interviews is not taking a risk, fear of …

   

offended

Don’t get offended

Getting offended is a choice. We cannot avoid inconsiderate or combative people but we can choose how we respond.

   

judge

Do not judge others

Judging others is something we have all done to boost our self-esteem. It’s a waste of time. Focus on yourself.

   

cold water

The joys of cold water

Benefits of bathing in cold water: reduced levels of stress; increased sense of wellbeing and a heightened sense of awareness.

   

My concentration is not as good as it used to be, neither is my memory.

Our distraction with our mobile phones and social media means that our concentration is not as good as it used to be, nor is our memory.

   

Self-realisation

Self-realisation – our bitter-sweet mission

Self-realisation is an innate desire shared by all living creatures and things. In fact, all that lives has a desire to be the best that it can be.