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How I Rewired My Mind from Negative to Positive
By: Ariel Saffer-Spiro
Tags: Positive Thoughts, Positive Thinking, Positive Self Talk, Thoughts, Rewire Your Mind

How I Rewired My Mind from Negative to Positive

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I had recently learned that we have an average of 6000 thoughts a day, and I thought, geez, how many of those are negative thoughts…

And then I learned that our thoughts are like a muscle, a muscle that grows depending on how much you work it. So, if you want your thousands of thoughts to work for you, you’ve got to put in the work!

I told myself, for every negative piece of self-talk that I say to myself, counter it with 3 compliments to yourself. I figured that it was a good balance, and would help outweigh the judgmental thought. It worked! By the time I had come up with 3 nice things to say about myself, the 1 negative thought was a distant memory.

I focused on how I spoke to myself and watched what thoughts came to mind. I would hear a little voice saying “You have no sense of fashion,” and instead of countering that negative thought and trying to stick up to myself (because I’m quite hard to argue with), I would just couple the negative thought with friendly neighbours. I wanted to flood my mind with positive affirmations!

Thought #1: I am so stupid Thought #2: Girl, I like your hair today Thought #3: You had a very interesting conversation with Paul yesterday Thought #4: You were so helpful in that meeting this morning

Just let the good naturally outweigh the bad.

By doing this, I found that I was retraining my mind on how to think and feel about myself. We can get stuck in such patterns, that our brain just gets into a rut of thinking the same negative thoughts over and over again until we begin believing them.

But hey, they are your truths to control, so take control! And re-write the script that you say to yourself 6000 times a day.
Mindful Thinking: An Introduction
By: Mauktik Dave
Tags: Mindfulness, Thoughts

But when talking about mindfulness, it’s important to have a starting point. By no means can one attain equanimity in one day, month, or year. However, it is a journey.

One of the best places to start is to think more mindfully. As the wise Buddha said,

“What you think, you become.

What you feel, you attract.

What you imagine, you create.”

In this series, I will be using the concept of becoming aware of specific thoughts to think and keep in order to live more mindfully.

But what exactly is mindfully thinking? Personally, I think of mindful thinking is the following:

Mindful Thinking is being conscious of your thoughts and thought process. It’s being able to be both aware of your external environment (place, time, people you are with, etc) and be aware of your internal environment (memories, emotions, physical sensations, etc). Fusing the two together allows you to live in the present.

Throughout my life, I have been taught various thoughts to keep in mind when put into various settings to remain calm and stable. (Going back to the idea of equanimity, or perfect mindfulness in remaining consistent in any situation).

In Gujarati, specific mindful thoughts can be translated to the word vichãrs (literally meaning ideas/thoughts).

Throughout the next few articles in this series, I will introduce you to various vichãrs to better understand how you can think, and ultimately live, more mindfully.

Thes following are the vichãrs which I will be going through:

The Thought of One’s Fortune

The Thought of One’s True Identity

The Thought of One’s Relationships

The Thought of All-Doership

The Thought of Happiness
Understanding why someone hurt you does not make what they did alright.
Tags: Thoughts

Understanding why someone hurt you does not make what they did alright.
Reality
Tags: Poetry, Reality, Meditation, Thoughts, Feelings

What tranquility

it envelops me,

if i decide

to accept what is

and not demand chimeras of me

if not impossible,

now they are not visible.

To accept,

the reality of what it is.



Not everything is controllable.

I plunge into the storm

letting myself go …
Thoughts
By: Kennedy Strohecker
Tags: Relationships, Poetry, Thoughts, Poem

Thoughts

I’m the guest bedroom

my doors are always shut

and I am just for show

I make you look wealthy

I make you look welcoming

I am just for show

You never break open my doors

Or check in on me

You don’t care

Unless someone is there

Because I am just for show
The Common Woe
By: Veric Tan
Tags: Commons, Stoicism, Thoughts

I suppose with 7 billion of us, it rare to have a unique thought. I am certain that the thoughts I have written are not unique. Well of course, some perspectives might be specific to my time and context, but the jist is timeless.

There is a constant struggle inside questioning my own actions, the voice in one’s head that interrogates our lives. I was going to name this article “A Common Inadequacy” or “The Common Fear of Inadequacy”. As I have grown older, I have often asked myself what am I good at? What is it I want? What do I want to do with my life? What does self-mastery mean for me? What is excellence in my mind? I suppose its a meagre attempt at molding an identity for myself in this society. A way to hold on to some concept of myself that is different from others.

A few weeks ago, I was watching a video by the Derek Muller from the Youtube Channel Veritasium (Here’s the link to the video). I realised that I sometimes get too entangled with the daily tasks I plan to complete. Yet when I watch the few stars in Singapore’s light polluted nightsky or a video about space, the perspective of my issues readjust. No matter how familiar with the effect of stepping back to refocus my life is, it always seem to surprise me. The train of thought usually goes: Huh, we are so insignificant. So what’s the point of our lives? No wait, thats not the right conclusion… I should be thinking how this life is so short. I have to live as big and as good to my fellow creatures as I can. I hope I don’t have any regrets on my death bed.

The last time it really hit me.

These thoughts can be somewhat dangerous and take a downward turn. Keep in mind, I do not see these questions as inhibitors to our journey in life, rather as ways to help us realign our direction.

We will probably be forgotten, in time to come, no matter how large a legacy we leave behind. I constantly marvel at the probable similarities between how I think of people in the 1920s and the way people in 2120s would think about me and my generation. Our context and environment might be different, yet common are the desires, ambitions and emotions that we posses.
A Story of Photography
By: Emma Sladden
Tags: Blog, Photography, Storytelling, Thoughts And Feelings, Thoughts

When I was thirteen years old, I decided to take a Photography as one of my elective classes. Photography had seemed interesting since I was a little kid. A few years before I took this photography class, I went to a one day photography camp in a small town a short ways away from this big city I live in. That was when I got my first camera, which was the stereotypical feminine color of my childhood: hot pink.

To be quite frank, it was hideous; shiny and bold, yet so predictable. But even so, I loved that camera with every fiber of my being. I took it with me to the aquarium, to the park, to my school, and on hikes, snapping so many pictures and recording dozens of videos. I filled it’s memory card up with luminescent jellyfish and blurry pictures of the people that I loved. Now that beloved camera is lost inside of a bin that I’ve filled with cords and wires and batteries.

Because when I was in eighth grade, that Photography class warped and crushed up my fondness for photographs. Due to a mix of the words spoken by my teacher and the comments made by my classmates, I began to realize that photography is just a way of holding onto the things that you need to let go of. I decided to live in the moment, take photographs with my eyes and store them inside of my internal memory card.

On certain rainy days, throughout specific years, I will go back and look at my old photos. Why did I try to make something that was ugly and messy look beautiful and serene? Was it to mask the pain, the hurt, and the bitter parts of the sweetness this world has to offer? Maybe I just wanted to pretend like that world was perfect and pretty and whole. But pretending can only get you so far in life and masks come off over time. I’m ready now, I suppose, for the harsh reality that is the world we live in today.

Instead of trying to trap destruction inside of a camera and call it art, I will make the world beautiful on my own, using the small flicker of hope inside me to start a fire of happiness in the world around me.
An Introvert’s Introduction
Tags: Mental Health, Thoughts, Introduction, Self Reflection

I’ve never liked to talk about myself. Whenever someone asks me to say something about myself I have a mini identity crisis and I forget who I am. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past two years it’s this. Opening up is one of the only ways to really connect with people. So before you read anything else here’s a little about me.

I’m someone who loves watching the sun rise and set every day. I’m someone who loves clouds and the rain. I’m someone who uses sarcasm too much for her own good. I have an obsession with true crime and the supernatural. I also have the weirdest memory. If you tell me something about yourself it’s extremely likely I’ll remember it forever.

You might wonder what the point of all of this is. Well I write to express myself. It’s how I make sense of all my thoughts while still feeling safe. The whole point of me sharing my writing here is to help someone out there feel less alone. I know what it’s like to feel alone. So if I can help someone by just sharing how I feel, I will do it without a second thought. My goal every day is to make at least one person smile. Hopefully some of my writing resonates with you and makes you smile. If you’ve gotten this far thank you! It means a lot to me and I appreciate you. You are so special and so amazing and I hope you have a good day!
Music
By: Akshay Rane
Tags: Music, Reality, Thoughts, Quotes, Writing

Music is His gift to humans which heals the soul and escapes the reality

~Akshay Rane
New Inspirational Quotes or Shayari In Hindi with Images 2020
By: Faizan Khan
Tags: Blog, Storytelling, Post, Thoughts, Quotes

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The Purpose Of Religion
By: The Franc Blanc
Tags: Life, Religion, Thoughts

Image by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Since the dawn of the age of enlightenment, religions are seen as something which is a concept of the past and is now obsolete. The majority believes that religion is a concept which our ancestors found to answer our questions; to answer questions like who are we, what are we doing on this planet, who created it, why we die, why there are pain and suffering, etc. And since now we have the tools of science to answer these questions, religions are not needed anymore and because of its negative effects, it should now be dismantled.

But it seems like this is only half the story. There is a second objective of the religion, a bigger and more significant one, and that is to teach us how to live.

It doesn’t matter what is happening in our lives, the amount of pain, the deaths, hunger, and everything else if at the end of the day we are at peace with reality. And this is the objective of the religion, not science. People from the liberal end of the spectrum have the view that if you will educate a person enough, he or she will become liberated.

I respectfully disagree.

Science and rationality only help us to understand the working of the universe outside, but not about existential questions, at least not yet. So how will we answer those questions? There are two ways.

First, develop your own philosophy of life and live by that. Second, believe in some pre-existing philosophies which are now encapsulated in the form of religion.

In the end, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in a bearded man, a cloth, an animal, a helicopter, or believe in nothing; whether you bow to a stone, a statue, a pyramid, the sun, or your selfie; as long as it enables you to move through your life with peace and stability regardless of what you are going through, it is valid. This is what religion is for.

But we also have to be brave enough to check if it is working or not, because if your religion or beliefs are not working for you, something has to change.
New Vistas
By: Samir Goenka
Tags: Time Travel, Journey, Thoughts, Life, Space

The journey through life starts early, through discovery and emotions we grow with the tender love and care of our parents, discovering the world and ourselves in the process. The human social code and our internal thought process, physical self and learning’s from the human rule based education. As we evolve we are made to grasp the fundamental of science math history geography languages etc.. so we end up being a walking talking humanoid interacting within a world of Parents siblings, we interact make friends nurture ourselves and grow.

In this journey of life with its various twists and turns we build relationships marry procreate have children , find a job or find a vocation and reach that stage of life when we introspect on the journey past and start reflecting on what next. We start pondering over life and the various books and movies depicting varied experiences and philosophies, Camus , Khalil Gibran, Arthur C Clarke and various quotes from renowned personas fill our mind looking for new vistas. Thoughts of AI, Space travel, the dimensions of science, or simply admiring a beautiful painting , poetic verses, building a business empire, technology innovation or the thrill of hitting the golf ball across the fairway.

Travelling across the globe and even pondering beyond Earth. Exploring the vastness of the human mind as vast as the universe itself.. I begin this journey as I explore one thought at a time which I will share in these Blogs.. So keep coming back for a new journey :)
Latest Love Shayari 2021 in Hindi, True Love Status, Best love SMS
By: Faizan Khan
Tags: Storytelling, Love, Thoughts, Status, Latest

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Cloths which changes color on the bases of your wish.Facts that 99% people don’t know About World.
Tags: Inspiration, Facts, Thoughts

These clothes are made by Japan and these are made for the future use .like we change the wallpaper of our phone . Like that we will able to change the Color of the Dresses or Cloths . As the style of cloths will be same but their will be a color changing option only. These cloths will be available till 2024. These are know by the name hyper color(color changing).

A Parrot who saved life of his owner

ANTON NGUYEN

A happen in Australia in last night house fire after his pet parrot help him by roused him form bed. Anton said that his parrot started yell and then he walk up and he smelled some smoke . Then he open the door and by back door he ran away with his pet parrot. so that how the pet was able to save a life of his owner. so this tell us that we need pet for security purpose

A Disease in which a person act like a statue. that he will not be able to move his body.

ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA

In 1920 this Disease was at high rate. This disease happened to over 500000 people in which one third people were dead. In this Disease person is not able to doe anything like not able to walk not able to eat . The just sit at one place and do nothing. if anyone who was able to live. Their condition were not good because the do noting not able to eat just sit at one place.

A Restaurant Grand Mother

A Restaurant in New York in which there are only grand mother as we know our mothers and grandmother makes food very taste. The owner of the restaurant decided that every day their will a new grandmother who make food which the want and that will be served to the people . Every day new grandmother nice concept

Beer and Coca Cola cans are similar so the people who are not able to see how they will identify those cans.

Blind people able to identify beer cans

Solution of this cans concept has been solved by Japan their are Dots like structure on the cans which are written in Braille means Alcohol. the person who is not able to see by touching he will able to identify that these cans are of Alcohol and other are soft drinks .

Fish fast speed of that fish is to much that camera will be slow in front of it.

Hairy frog fish

These fish's are to fast that naked eyes or human eyes will not able to to when they hunt . because the speed of hunting is 6000 less then a second.

Job person’s struggle

In USA a cyclone occur in which a person name Walter Carr his house was ruin. After a long struggle he got a Job but it was 30km away from his house and he go to job by walking one day his boss come to know about this by seeing his dedication toward work his boss give him his own car so that he can come to job easily

A city in Japan where Robot’s work as police

Japan Hokkaido Island the people of that city was facing very difficulty about bear use to come there and do lot of destruction they used robot animal robots so that bears don’t come and destroy their houses .

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2020 Job Hunting Reflections
By: Dave Huang
Tags: Job Hunting, Thoughts

Here are some reflections of mine going through job hunting in 2020. It’s kind of a self reminder for the future.

Some hard lessons

You gotta sacrifice some extend of social life

In order to be focused and move toward your goal, you will sacrifice your social life. Setup a timeframe of your milestone, and within that period of time, be selfish, protect your time and get to work.

You can come back and re-build(fix) your relationships when you get to major check points. At least for me it’s like this, cause I’m the type of person who burns a lot of energy dealing with people. (Energy is valuable in this crucial moment!)

Trust me, when you work on yourself, you’ll become a person who can bring more values to the people beside you, I think it’s much healthier in a long run.

Don’t be greedy, don’t be full of yourself

When it comes to ‘Being good at something’, don’t be greedy and think too much of yourself. You’re not that good (nor that bad), you just need to calm down and work consistently. You got limited time, to be able to expert in some domain you’ll definitely sacrifice something else.

Make sure that you’re choosing this path all for yourself, not for others’ expectation.

Don’t open LinkedIn during early preparation

Just don’t. Cause there will definitely be tempting job opportunities sent from the head hunters, and you’ll be tempted to send out your resume and start a random interview process, which will break your preparation tempo and schedule.

I think it’s better to go out there and play the interview games after you’re at least 80% ready on your study list. (And of course, you gotta have your study list. Which I always do. I love to make plans.)

The key is to have a ‘long enough period of time‘ burying yourself in study mode. I think the interview process nowadays is so formulated (Pre-test -> LeetCode/Whiteboard round -> Technical/Behavioral round -> System design -> Offer negotiation) and all of these have nothing to do with your actual ability as a software engineer! It’s like hard-coding some standard format into your brain, and try not to mind blank during interview. Kind of ridiculous, yet that’s the game.

Some goods

Becoming better at something

It feels great knowing that you’re good at something that is not that easy to copy from, which is accumulated over time and effort and thinking process of yourself. It your most solid assets that will follow you your entire life.

Going through the mill

Loneliness builds character. I believe that a successful person definitely need to go through this kind of process several times in their life. This process build confidence, and then destroy confidence repeatedly. Just like the process of working out, you need to break the muscle tissue in order to get stronger.

Miscellaneous Cheat Sheet

Quit social media, quit gaming (Zero dopamine addiction)

Don’t overthink about the future, try to enjoy the process (It’s hard)

Keep your workout routine (Which I always failed)

Keep recording your daily progress
Why CBT Doesn’t Work
By: Deborah Baron
Tags: Mental Health, Wellbeing, Change, Thoughts, Psychology

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the practice of changing your thoughts by finding a new thought to replace the thought that is causing you discomfort. It involves recognizing a thought as the cause of pain, questioning it, and then presumably replacing it with a better thought or a thought that logically makes more sense.

Cognitive behavioral therapy — “a type of psychotherapy in which negative patterns of thought about the self and the world are challenged in order to alter unwanted behavior patterns or treat mood disorders such as depression.” — Oxford Languages

CBT is an attempt to use the tool — Thought — that got you into trouble in the first place to get you out of that same so-called “trouble.” How does that make sense?

I know that it is a practice that helps many people and if you love it I would never argue that you should stop. But what if you could see what created the thought in the first place? That it might not be what you think (no pun intended).

My question though, is, does it really work or are you just faking it for a few moments of temporary relief?

When I learned that thought was created from inside of me and is a reflection of my state of mind, not a reflection of anything in my world I stopped taking my thinking so seriously. Said another way, sometimes I am in a higher state of mind and I have higher quality thinking and sometimes I am in a lower state of mine and I have lower quality thinking. We go up and down all the time and that is just the way it is. The human experience.

Noticing that I was having a thought and recognizing that it was coming from me, not my circumstances gave me a choice as to whether I wanted to pay attention to it or simply let it pass by, knowing that another thought would soon show up.

Effortless, nothing wrong with having the current thought, nothing to do to get rid of it, no layering another thought over a thought because I didn’t like the one before, just let it pass because I know that it doesn’t mean anything more than my glasses are dirty.

So simple, so kind.

It gets even better when I remember that I am being carried by a spiritual wisdom that is with me always, just under my thoughts. That when I let my thoughts pass I am once again in touch with the center of my soul that never feels pain, that is always perfect, always wise, and always knows what step to take next.

The wholeness of me that I was born with before thought showed up. I know it is there and I’m guessing that you do too.

I can float down the river with the current instead of exerting myself trying to swim upstream. It automatically puts me in a better state of mind and from that better state of mind, I find peace, I find beauty, I find new ideas, possibility, and always hope.

It is always there, perfect love. the only thing covering it up is our personal thinking which will pass on its own when we let it and can’t bother us when we know there is a perfect essence underneath it.

Knowing that I am not broken and neither are you.❤
Feelings are really confusing.
Tags: Relationships, Anxiety, Poem, Overthinking, Thoughts

Feelings are really confusing. There are moments where I know you’re the one, and others where I don’t. Sometimes it’s the fights, sometimes it’s overthinking, and it’s very hard to distinguish the fine line between anxiety and truth. Are you the one? Can we make it through our hardships? I wonder these things in my head many times and still have yet to come to a definitive solution. I wonder whether I cling to you because of the past, present, or future.

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hey, you are almost 30!
Tags: Talks, Thoughts, Life, Women, Feelings

Waking up with the angst of : “hey, you are almost 30, how do you see your self in 5 years? Ah if you want to have kids, you may need to take your health seriously from now!” well, you may wonder; what is wrong with being over 30?

Personally, I feel the older I get the more experience I have and I adore this feeling, but I also remember that a day more in life means also a day less in life (what remains) with all of that in mind about how short life can be, as a woman, “life” can also be shorter, how? Well if you study how the female hormones shifts can impact mood, desires and productivity, than you may conclude that in absence of consolidation, we may be conditioned for few days per month to be really alive..

I feel sometimes angry of all the conditions a women have to go through, biologically, emotionally, social etc. Then I remember what people like Jim Rohn say : to focus on what you have in hand and you can change, not on what is out you control, don’t worry about the wind, worry about being a better sealer, don’t wish for a better winter, worry for being better prepared for winter.

A fact is life is limited, and to be alive you need to put a lot of effort, and as a woman maybe more. I am writing this to encourage my self first to not worry about what I was given but to make use of it and work around it even though it feel unfair to play the same game with others that don’t have to worry at least about their hormonal shifts not to mention other stuff.

Sometimes I envy you men, but this is only when I see the world through your rules.

May be also I am seeing the world through the lenses of the excuses of why I am still not the person I know I can be.

#mood #thoughts #life #women
A life with a definition
Tags: Thoughts

Having a purpose in life is not absolutely necessary to survive. If we consider ourselves merely as biological beings just like the other animals then probably we never had a purpose on this planet other than just to survive.

The survival will work in it’s own way even if we don’t want to. We can spend our entire life just being here and survive. But there is an exciting thing about humans. And that is we can provide our life with definitions and purposes. Again, these definitions will have to be in the context of something where it has it’s own value and respect. May be someone can define their lives as a writer and find his value among the readers but not to the people who doesn’t read.

We struggle constantly to find definitions and purpose of our survival. And this struggle is what makes our life unhappy and as social beings we can not escape this distress. So what is the purpose of life which will take away these distresses off our life?

Be the helping hand

The inception of the concept of every “Society” was to help each other to survive better and eliminate discomfort, help us being understood mutually and to express ourselves better. If we admire the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein, is because Einstein helped us to better understand of where we are living and eliminated the discomfort of not knowing.Or, why a depressing masterpiece of Van Gogh made us feel to value him to a Godly level? Because he showed us to see a different way of expressing ourselves and made us feel understood our emotions.
Moonlit Blossom
By: N. T. Anh
Tags: Art, Hasui, Basho, Vietnamese, Thoughts

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How our own thoughts deceive us
By: Raushan Mishra
Tags: Thoughts

How our own thoughts deceive us? So I noticed that My mind create a perception about a person or image about a person on it’s own. Suppose I interacted with a person and I noticed a thought popped up in my head regarding that person. It may be negative becuase most of the time I judge a person in that way. But recently I started to question it why this thought came in the first place? Is there any logical reason that I should be thinking this way? And I couldn’t find the person.

But usually I continue believing this without any analysis. So our mind lie to us. We don’t even know how it lied if we aren’t self aware.
CEO 該寫 Code 嗎?
Tags: Startup, CEO, Thoughts

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還在聽Podcast
By: Oliver Hsu
Tags: 華語音樂, Podcast, 播客, 還在聽, Thoughts

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How to deal with jealousy
Tags: 3am, Jealousy, Thoughts, Negativity, Advice

Jealousy is something that crosses our minds during some points of our life, some people act upon it some do not, it does not mean they are not jealous. First of all, It is human to be jealous, being jealous is not bad but acting on that jealousy is. So, do not beat yourself down for feeling jealous over anything. Jealousy is an indicator of the feelings your soul craves or something you desire deeply which you believe, you would not be able to achieve. Jealousy convinces your mind that you should be jealous because you are unable to achieve that which you are jealous about. The perfect way to tackle the wrong perspectives of the mind is by using rationality and logic.

Develop the habit to convince your mind by using a logical method to achieve that goal which makes you jealous. For example, if your colleague at work makes you jealous by how they are better than you at the same work you do. Accept that you are jealous and look at the logical option of working hard and seeking help from that colleague to understand what makes them better at what they are doing, this will help you feel like you’re on equal footing with your competition.

A logical way of thinking will also help you realize how some of your way of thinking is totally unrealistic. Like how you might find a celebrity or person really attractive while you may consider yourself not having those features, what you fail to see is that you have your own strengths and weaknesses.

Appearances are deceiving

Something you see about someone might not be the actual reality of what they are experiencing. Be it someone’s emotional state or physical features, convince yourself that nobody can be perfect and rather chase those goals you want to see in yourself.

Self Love is the best medicine for jealousy, appreciate yourself more. Write down things that you have, this will make you feel blessed and make you forget about others completely.
Nature
Tags: Poetry, Meditation, Nature, Thoughts, Feelings

Nature.

Lost, I turn to you.

You take me in your arms

and I feel…

that everything is fine,

that everything is perfect,

that everything is in order.

Nature.

When I lose myself, I find myself in you.
I Lost My Soul Somewhere in Here
Tags: Medium Publications, Ｍedium, Thoughts, Writing, Soul Searching

THOUGHTS

Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash

It seems odd that a writer who dishes out handy tips about improving writing would actually feel this way about a writing platform. I could confidently say that I lost my writing soul somewhere in the hunt for big publications.

I am glad that I have been published by some of the biggest publications on this platform but I have come to one sound conclusion. The absolute lack of growth that I have experienced trying to consistently tailor my content to that audience has pushed me into a dark place of an utter lack of creativity.

Some of us breathe art while others are always in a wild adrenaline rush. All these people are different and wired in that manner partly because that’s what gives life flavor. It isn’t enough to be a writer for a big publication that has already experienced establishment and robust growth.

We seek a path not because we always desire a certain outcome; we do it in order to satisfy our hearts desires and what we could constantly wake up daily to do. When the one thing you lived no longer gives you enough peace to wake up and strive to be better, is it worth struggling for anymore?

No! Nein! Non! It isn’t. I will tell you this both as a human and a writer. It sucks and is dissatisfying.

Yesterday, I opened my eyes to the realization that I have not built up a tribe as August Birch likes to call it. With my few interactions here and there in the comment sections of different stories, it dawned on me that maybe there is one person who could really feel the fire that my words could hold.

And this one person will be found in these small publications that I desire to grow with. This one person will be found where I want to grow. This one person will be a member of my tribe because maybe I will have something to really offer.

This one person will give me back the soul that I lost seeking the stars yet I have not stepped on a stool to reach out to the air simply above me.

From now on, we can charter a voyage forward into the unmarked territory for it is where souls are found.
How to Become Rich Overnight By Meditation
By: Denny Enroll
Tags: Spirituality, Meditation, Thoughts, Law Of Attraction, Psychology

“When I had money everyone called me brother” — Polish proverb

There are such people on the internet offering meditation that will make you rich. When I see those meditations. I question myself, is that going to make me rich? Or can meditation make someone rich?

We are living in an information age. Countless books have been published online. Millions of blogs out there. Numerous videos on youtube talk about meditation. To illustrate more, I see profound authors continuously bragging about new methods and techniques. That will make you rich overnight.

“So the question is whether that's real or not”.

What do I think about meditation from my perspective? See, there are various teachings, methods, and beliefs around meditation. If you come to the north side you would experience different levels of beliefs and experiences about meditation. Similarly, if you go to the other side you would see meditation is like a process of enlightenment.

This traditional approach toward meditation is continued in all the dimensions. Now let’s try to get through meditation. “When meditation is needed?”

When you are exhausted. You want to change your state and therefore, you need meditation.

It reminds me of a quick story about my psychology professor. He said, “We always want to change our state.” Similarly, meditation is nothing but a process to calm your junky thoughts.

When you have an affluent thought. It creates a prosperous feeling and as result, you try to take action to produce that result. We can see the bridge between thoughts and reality.

There are numerous studies published online say. “A normal mind think more than 6000 thousand thoughts. Imagine you think 5000 prosperous thoughts and 1000 miserable thoughts.

If you want good results then think good thoughts.

Let’s talk about reality. So in reality we want negative things first then some positive.

WHAT?

See, If you are thinking 6000 thoughts per day. Do you know how many thoughts are positive in them?

The answer is: There are only 1% of thoughts you thinking are originally positive. The rest of them are negative. You won’t believe my words. Better you observe your thoughts right from this moment.
Unknown thoughts
By: Rishav Shrestha
Tags: Reaching Out, First Post, Thoughts, Life, Space

The stars, the space, the idea of multiverse, anything to do with astronomy and every single stuff about the universe gets my attention. Science fiction movies really awakens me, the space I just feel like i have some kind of connection with it or maybe just a feeling it is weird if you think but I don’t really care about it as long as it interests me. Black holes, wormholes, white holes and what not this universe consists of so I don’t really blame the people who had the idea of parallel universe. Just imagine how big and deep the whole universe is and milky way being one of the galaxy out of many many known and unknown galaxies. Earth? Well, as I think earth doesn’t even make 0.1 % of the universe but whatever it is, it’s still the known planet to support life. As Carl Sagan said it is just a tiny dot, the tiny dot where we are born and eventually die here sooner or later, at this point I don’t even know what else to write about and I don’t know what topic should I give this writing, it’s not much but at least much as my overthinking mind could possibly think of. But yeah we live in a floating tiny planet and currently writing this from another corner of the world. Also this is my first writing which is also my first publish here. Feedbacks would be much appreciated. Thank you!
Indecisive? or scared of my decisions?
Tags: Diary, Thoughts And Feelings, Thoughts, Slice Of Life, Honest

Whenever I’ve tried to write something before I’ve been crippled by the fear that it will never be “good” or that I'm trying to hard to be “edgy” or “unique”. If I tried to write something on the internet about my situation or how I was feeling there was also that fear that there would be someone in my corner of the world who knew exactly who had written in at had discover every last embarrassing secret thought I had shared.

I still have that fear, right now I think I'm writing horribly and that I'm a disgrace but I also just want to write strangely enough? I mean hopefully someone will read this and I'm not just screaming at white, empty ,blankness. I’m aware of how flawed an individual I am and I'm also aware that not many people would enjoy reading such a mess, or would they? Either way i would like to place my incoherent thoughts down on figurative paper even if the sentences are weirdly strung together?

I am not really one for commitments, I many start something and never finish. Same goes for this writing gig haha. I don’t know if I will continue, This could be my first and last thing I ever write on here. But I hope not.
The Importance of Reading Communities
By: Alice Mcknight
Tags: Reading, Community, Books, Thoughts

Photo by Leah Kelley from Pexels

As a reader, 2020 was one of my most successful years. I was putting books away nearly once a week during the summer in the early days of quarantine. This wasn’t necessarily because I had a lot of time on my hands; I am considered an essential worker because of my position at a local nursing home in my town, and once the fall began I went back to my studies at university.

So even though I didn’t have more down time to do things like read (in fact, I was busier than ever before), I still managed to read 55 books over the last 12 months. This was even more than last year when I managed 50 (which is still an impressive number).

My question was, why? Or maybe a better question would be why?

Why was I able to read more books this year even though I was the busiest I have ever been in my life? I think the answer lies in a reading community.

Let’s get one thing straight though, I’m not a social reader. In fact, I think most people aren’t. I have friends who can sit together and read in complete silence around each other, but whenever I’m invited to these “reading parties” I am much to antsy to sit and read when there are friends around me. In order to really dig into whatever it is I’m reading I can’t have any social distractions around me.

When I talk about reading communities, I am talking about places like book Twitter, bookstagram, booktube, etc. These little pockets of social media are dedicated to readers and their passion. These communities aren’t exactly new, but this was my first year really discovering and being a part of them, and it really kickstarted my reading habit for the year. I found myself wanting to read certain books faster so that I could discuss the characters and plot with others on social media.

While I’m not a social reader, I have discovered that reading has become so much more fun to me when I am able to connect with people about my favorite books after I’m done reading them. This also cuts down on that disappointing feeling when I tred to recommend a good book to someone and they never took the time to even pick it up. By taking to the internet, I was able to connect with people who didn’t require any convincing because they had already read the book and loved it just as much as I did.

I will definitely be sticking to these new communities in 2021 as well.
Nooks and Crannies
By: Somsubhra Banerjee
Tags: Poetry, Love, Eyes, Thoughts, The Brain Is A Noodle

FREE VERSE

Nooks and Crannies

Photo by Badal Patel on Unsplash

In the nooks and crannies,

of your soul’s lap,

lives and dies, every day,

my bubbling heart,

my voiceless heart.

I keep summoning it back,

trying to shelter it within me,

it manages to break away,

to lose anew,

in the cradle of your eyes,

every single time.
Various Ideas, thoughts and feedback in tweets
By: Vincenzo Belpiede
Tags: Ideas, Feedback, Tweet, Thoughts

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A Series of Nighttime Ideas Part: 1
By: An Anonymous Gen Z
Tags: Sleepless, Gen Z, Quarantine, Wanderlust, Thoughts

I want a pet quail.

I know I can hardly take care of myself, much less an animal, but they’re so freaking adorable. It’s practically a little ball of feathers that would be weirdly perfect for cuddling.

I wanna teach it tricks and make it cute lil hats. This bird would be my best buddy.

After a couple days I would probably get distracted by something else and forget about the joys of a fluff ball birb.
2020 Chinese songs everyone should listen to
Tags: Life, Music, Thoughts, Songs, 2020

The youth- 少年-夢然 | 逆境中成长，因为磨难，变成生命里的光

2020 is really a strange year. It gives us a lot of time to be alone and at the same time gives us more time to think. This song brings positive energy to people for facing the future. Maybe what happened this year has stopped you and made you feel lost. Then start again.

Thinking about when we used to be passionate about life, maybe now we are in a difficult situation, regain our original courage and enthusiasm, and start bravely in 2021.

Never retreat in the face of danger, Never never give up like a fire.

2. 盧廣仲 Crowd Lu 【刻在我心底的名字 Your Name Engraved Herein】

Whether you have a name in your heart, no matter how hard you try, you will never forget it. But you may not matter at all in his heart. You know that you will be hurt and lost in the end, and you still gave all your sincerity without reservation. And you never regret it, but a little grateful that you once appeared in his life.

This song comes from the theme song of the Netflix Taiwan movie Your Name Engraved Herein. I haven’t watched this movie, but this song is really easy to touch people’s hearts. This is a fruitless but unforgettable love, I think a lot Everyone has experienced it. But we really do not regret the tears that have flowed, those regrets that cannot be spoken, those words that can no longer be spoken, slowly and slowly no longer remember at any time, but his name may be silently carved in your heart forever, no longer Mention it to anyone. maybe can only say to yourself when you’re alone, Je t’aimais….

3. 蔡依林 Jolin Tsai -《我是誰》MV (feat. Jony J ) _Who am I

Because I really like this TV series, I like this song. The song completely fits the content of the story, the male protagonist is a person raised by a wolf, and he didn’t know who he was before he met the female protagonist. His home is where she is. In this song, Jolin’s gentle singing voice, coupled with John J’s Rap, better interpret the charm of this song.

4. G.E.M.鄧紫棋【萬國覺醒 RISE】Official Music Video

I recommend GEM’s song again. Not only is this song nice, the MV shooting feels like a movie. This song describes the hero’s loneliness and strength on the road to awakening before success. The whole song is run through with passionate drums, combined with GEM’s powerful voice, layered on top of each other, awakening listeners’ awareness of the destiny.

5.王嘉爾 Jackson Wang & 林俊傑 JJ Lin — 過 Should’ve Let Go 官方完整版MV

Jason and JJ are my two favorite Asian male singers, and their cooperation has brought great surprises to their fans.This song is beautiful and gives a very comfortable feeling. Especially Jason’s unique bass adds a lot of romantic elements to this song.

I hope everyone likes my recommendation. Whether it is music or movies, I will try my best to deliver more beautiful and interesting content.

Wish everyone a Merry Christmas！
At my 30s.
Tags: Seeds, Poetry, Textshadow Js, Thoughts, Life

At my 30s.

Few people have lovingly marked my life.

You know, I’m not the type to fall in love easily.

Perhaps my sign has some influence on that. (Capricorn) haha

In some moments I even wanted to be that person who gives in easily, falls in love several times a year. But unfortunately I can’t, you know.

But when I love, I love with body and soul. (Very rarely has this happened) I confess that this sensation scares me. Not having control over my feelings, about me.

Feeling that a part of you is controlled by the other. In a way more vulnerable and less rationing.

I confess that I don’t know how to handle this feeling well, but it is incredible.

I met incredible people that I couldn’t deliver myself in the way the other side deserved.

But the people I fell in love with or loved.

These I never forgot 100%.

No, I don’t love anyone or I’m in love with any of my exes or Affair.

But I remember it with affection and respect.

Some of them not so much, haha.

But they left a mark ”on that little heart of ice. “If you ask me:

And the hurts? Fights? Rancid? Yes, it had all of that, but I chose to leave fond memories.

I am not one to cultivate these feelings within me.

I have already forgiven those who should forgive, and we have each followed his path.

Today I can understand that each one left me some lesson, learning, made me stronger, smarter, and less naive. Haha.

Just do not learn, who does not want!

I also realized my real value, who I really am and who deserves to be by my side. Because I can be difficult to fall in love, but when it happens, I give myself body and soul.

Yeah, I’ll go from 8 to 80. Anyone who knows you knows.

And I’ll tell you a secret:

I have a love, it’s called (Self-love)

When you love yourself the way you deserve, no one will have the audacity to love you less than that.

S. Ribeiro.
Dark and dim lithe, soft limb she loves the summer months he prefers the cold under her rule the flowers and earth rejoice under his thumb the concrete and dirt combust into fire, smoke, and sand…
By: Kenzie Kuhn
Tags: Poem, Thought, Poetry, Love, Musings

Dark and dim

lithe, soft limb

she loves the summer months

he prefers the cold

under her rule

the flowers and earth rejoice

under his thumb

the concrete and dirt combust

into fire, smoke, and sand

until there’s nothing left but

metallic industrial land

she’s his softness

he’s her darkness

together they create

a kingdom of acceptance

for where there is life

judgement is often found

but in death

all are equal

once we’re underground

she loves this man

her prince of the night

who lured her in

with promises of wonder

and he made good

as good men do

with pomegranate on his tongue

and a soft “I adore you.”