Gratitude (n): the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Let me start off with a question, what does gratitude mean to you? Does it mean giving thanks to the kind stranger that held the door open or bought your coffee? What about giving flowers to your mother for [...]
"There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them."-Andre Gide Here's what our master plan consist of, to rip our ego masks off. Simple! But how are we going to do that if, Shaggy and Scooby(fear, if you didn't read my last post, The Mask We All Wear), start shaking in [...]
Hopefully we've all seen Scooby Doo, and remember when they'll make up this elaborate plan to catch the monster and somehow Scooby and Shaggy always find a way ruin it. Then my girl Velma, (she was the best of them all, change my mind!) would have to fix everything. When they unmasked the monster, it [...]
"I can’t imagine how anyone can say: ‘I’m weak’, and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character?"-Anne Frank "I worked out pretty quickly certain survival tricks. That if the guards called us to line up in front of the barracks, I [...]
Alright, I've gone into a little bit of detail about this in my earlier post, but as many of you know I was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in July of 2018. I named him Timmy. Yes, Timmy the tumor and he was the worst roommate I ever had! (Even above my roommate in [...]
Let me start off by taking a quick poll about this holiday season, if you ever felt sad, lonely, depressed or disgusted at the fact you ate an entire pie, please raise your hand. Mines raised loud and proud! In my previous post I slid a statement in there, “I’ve been feeling off lately, maybe [...]
Happy New Year’s everyone! I’m starting off by saying, this year won’t have the same theme as previous years. No “new year new me!! #SLAY2020” instead, 2020 will be a year of nothing but growth and prosperity! I’ve never been the type to make the famous New Year’s Resolution, I didn’t believe in them, I [...]
Procrastination, the ugly monster that resides in the dark corners, only to emerge when there's a task at hand. We've all been there, literally this was me today writing this blog post! Plot spoiler, I used the five second rule ; ). When it comes to procrastination, a common stigma is, if you're a procrastinator [...]
As humans, we're a genetically competitive species, even our cells compete against each other on a daily basis. We compete to prove who has the most strength, who can eat the most hotdogs and who can make the most drain-o's in corn hole. I'm going to ask a question that I'd like you to answer [...]
"Understanding is like water flowing in a stream... In Buddhism knowledge is regarded as an obstacle for understanding. If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that even if the truth comes and knocks at our door, we won't want to let in.... We must learn to transcend [...]
