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Making Decisions
Today's TinyBuddha article was "Tiny Wisdom: On Fear Based Decisions", which is actually a topic that is very near and dear to me ( Read more... ) -
What are you afraid of?
Today's Tiny Buddha article contained this sentence, appropriately sectioned off as its own paragraph: "I find this is true for a lot of people: the things we’re afraid of are nowhere near as damaging as the way we suffocate ourselves in those fears."
I am often disheartened as I look around and see so many people engrossing themselves in what I ( Read more... ) -
Are you backing through life?
I have become a fan and follower of TinyBuddha.com in the last few months; I've felt drawn to Buddhist quotes and teachings for the last 4 years or so, but more as thought provoking insights and not an actual religion. Yesterday the quote of the day on TinyBuddha, and the article to go with it, talked about not focusing on what is right and wrong ( Read more... ) -
Ever wondered just how big a nerd I am?
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Time vs Availability
A friend posted the following on Facebook:
"Time is all I own" --Joshua Radin
Here's the comment I left on that post:
How does one own time? It can't be stopped, advanced, directed, stored, or destroyed by act of will. Since it's only a measure of passing events, it can't even really be "used" or "wasted" in the common senses of the words. I think ( Read more... ) -
Changing Education Paradigms
First of all, watch this. No really, watch it. It's about 11 minutes, but visually interesting, so it should roll by pretty quickly.
Did you watch it? If not, go back and do it ( Read more... ) -
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I was looking up the exact wording of my favorite quote ("First decide who you would be. Then, do what you must do." -Epictetus) when I came across a couple other quotes that absolutely blew me away.
First, another quote by Epictetus:
"Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to ( Read more... ) -
Poem: The Journey
I really like this poem, from exceptindreams' journal ( Read more... ) -
What can you afford?
I really like this: Pay only what you can afford at St. Louis Bread Company in ClaytonI'm always interested in places that try this. It's rather a gamble, but I have just enough optimism about people to believe that through habit and guilt MOST people will use this system fairly, hopefully making up for the people who will definitely abuse it. I ( Read more... ) -
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I usually disdain any kind of fear mongering, but today I bring two items that are likely to scare you a little, or at least one of them should ( Read more... )
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