10 Minute Meditation Letting Go of Negative Thinking

Every person in this big wide world is different from the other in one way or another, but there is something that all of us have in common. If you take a moment to ask any person that you come across if they have something that they have always wanted to do or a place that they have always wanted to go, you will invariably find that the answer is yes. For many, those dreams lay hidden at the back of the mind and are only ever brought to the surface when the subject is raised. It may explain why people talk in particularly dreamy tones about places they have never been or things they have never before seen. This usually happens because they feel that the reality is that they will never get to live those moments they so crave, so they think it best to not think about them too much for fear that it will just remind them of their ordinary lives.

I look at someone like Taylor Swift and I see a talented young woman that seems to have made it to the peak of her chosen career. That quote tells me that she looks in the mirror every day and sees something completely different. I often look at celebrities and wonder what it is that drives them to keep working when they could easily just walk away and live a life of wealth and comfort. If the quote by Miss Swift is to be believed, it would appear that fear may very well play a big part in their decision.

It’s perfectly natural to experience some level of fear when you are placed in a situation that is completely foreign to what you are used to. When that fear is centered on things that are commonplace, then you are starting to tiptoe into the territory of phobias. Little is known about how we develop that level of fear for the ordinary, although there is some evidence that fears are developed when we are just children, with social and environmental factors coming into play.

Effective leadership begins with personal growth. If you are not having any personal growth, then it is very likely that you won’t be able to inspire people to follow you.

By now, the beginning of February the majority of people have failed miserably with their New Year resolutions. A study by Scranton University revealed only 8% of its participants successfully achieved their resolutions. Why?

Are you living a life you love?   Most people choose to live a life they like or just barely tolerate.

By now, the beginning of February the majority of people have failed miserably with their New Year resolutions. A study by Scranton University revealed only 8% of its participants successfully achieved their resolutions. Why?

Are you living a life you love?   Most people choose to live a life they like or just barely tolerate.

In order to grow, a snake must shed its skin. In order to expand, a birch tree splits its bark.

One of the greatest obstacles I faced when I decided to get really serious about self-fulfillment and/or self improvement, i.e. finding my truest self and my reason for accepting this dance of life, was how? What path is the right path for me? And, well, let’s be honest, this is an ongoing struggle as long as we believe we can better ourselves.

Fear is an emotion that we all feel at one time or another and it is a perfectly natural reaction, triggered by our brain as something of an early warning system. While fear is innate in all of us, some people tend to be more fearful than others, often having fears that are completely illogical, yet very real to them. That is because some fears are learned and are brought on by surroundings, learning and upbringing. That helps to explain why some people prefer fight to flight, even when they still hold the feelings of fear within.

Much of today’s art, in whichever medium it is presented, first started out as a dream. You often hear about songwriters that sleep with a recorder of some kind beside their bed so that they can relate lyrics they dream about, or chords that pop into their head while they sleep. Writers of fiction will often cite dreams as the fuel that drives many of their story ideas, especially since the mind seems to have no filter of any kind when we dream. It makes you wonder why some of those ideas come to people when they dream, and why they seem to bypass most people who are simply just content to get a solid 8 hours sleep.