“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
― Lao Tzu

The Mirror Doesn’t Reflect Your True Beauty

—Joseph Heider

Light in The Dark

Sometimes, something happens in a person’s life that changes the very fabric of who they are. Our experiences change how we act, react, think, and we must be very analytical of the things that happen to us. Life is defined by what we have experience, and even sometimes the bad can make us realize exactly what we value; what we truly love. Likewise the good can make us see the light amist a darkening world.

Love Like Hell, But Never Get Attached

—Joseph Heider

billdixoncomedy: Conscious Living By Carly Yansak The day has a hint of nostalgia I can’t quite grasp. A feel I can’t put a finger on envelops me and there’s only the clarity of something intangible stirring deep within my creviced veins. I twist my hair and watch blades of grass dance, smiling absently at how light they look suspended in the wind. I’d like to be a blade of grass, I think. Then – what a fucking useless thing to be. Grass, Carly? Grass? What could you do if you were a blade of grass? Nothing. You could grow, die and grow again. People would walk all over you, ants would nibble on you and a ridiculous amount of pesticides would make you feel sick every day. None-the-less, they do look pretty in the sunlight. I shuffle inside and play a melody, staring at my ceiling in neither melancholy or joy, just complete content. Light filters through the blinds and I can feel its warmth on my toes. I’d like to be the sun, I think. Then – what a fucking stressful thing to be.  The sun, Carly? The sun? Do you really want that much responsibility? No. Every living thing on Earth would depend on you. You’d never have a break, never take a vacation and everyone would get super pissed when you get a little hotter even though it’s their fault in the first place. None-the-less, that type of power could be nice. I go to the bathroom and turn on the curling iron, planning to put a little bounce into my hair. I practice a smile in the mirror and twirl about, stopping to stare mindlessly at the outlet it heats up upon. I’d like to be an outlet, I think. Then – what a fucking easy thing to be. An outlet, Carly? An outlet? And give up that much of your self respect? Don’t. Your only purpose in life would be to serve others. People would always be sticking things you don’t want into you, not even paying you for it and just expecting you to take it, every time. None-the-less, it is a useful little object whore. 

billdixoncomedy:

Conscious Living

By Carly Yansak

The day has a hint of nostalgia I can’t quite grasp. A feel I can’t put a finger on envelops me and there’s only the clarity of something intangible stirring deep within my creviced veins. I twist my hair and watch blades of grass dance, smiling absently at how light they look suspended in the wind.

I’d like to be a blade of grass, I think.

Then – what a fucking useless thing to be.

Grass, Carly? Grass? What could you do if you were a blade of grass? Nothing. You could grow, die and grow again. People would walk all over you, ants would nibble on you and a ridiculous amount of pesticides would make you feel sick every day.

None-the-less, they do look pretty in the sunlight.

I shuffle inside and play a melody, staring at my ceiling in neither melancholy or joy, just complete content. Light filters through the blinds and I can feel its warmth on my toes.

I’d like to be the sun, I think.

Then – what a fucking stressful thing to be. 

The sun, Carly? The sun? Do you really want that much responsibility? No. Every living thing on Earth would depend on you. You’d never have a break, never take a vacation and everyone would get super pissed when you get a little hotter even though it’s their fault in the first place.

None-the-less, that type of power could be nice.

I go to the bathroom and turn on the curling iron, planning to put a little bounce into my hair. I practice a smile in the mirror and twirl about, stopping to stare mindlessly at the outlet it heats up upon.

I’d like to be an outlet, I think.

Then – what a fucking easy thing to be.

An outlet, Carly? An outlet? And give up that much of your self respect? Don’t. Your only purpose in life would be to serve others. People would always be sticking things you don’t want into you, not even paying you for it and just expecting you to take it, every time.

None-the-less, it is a useful little object whore. 

Le Livre De Vie (The Book of Life)

Every book has chapters, the reader reads through each chapter taking in all the emotions writen down. Finally the finish the chapter and the reflect on what they just read. Whenever I read a chapter get excited and I want to read more and see how great the next chapter is! Even if the chapter before was heart breaking a full of sorrow; it was still wonderful and filled with many lessons. 

So, with that said, perhaps would should change how we approach sorrows in our life. Instead of dwelling on the chapter that just ended and not reading on, we should continue to read our own book and move on without guilt or pain. 

Don’t dwell what you’ve done or what others have done; no matter how bad or good it was. Now, I’m not saying to forget, no, You should always remember, but you should not let it dig into your soul and stop you from enhancing yourself. Learn from the lessons of your last chapter and carry your knowledge into the next. 

 

Life is Temporary as is all things within life. However, Life and all things in it are here for you to make them matter. What you do with life and its gifts are completely up to you. You are the one that makes your life important, and you can just as easily make it unimportant. So, Live your Life as you wish and let others live theirs as they wish.

—Joseph Heider

Through The Motions

            “The unexamined life is not worth living”, I love how people are rapidly losing the ability to think for themselves. It’s almost as if we don’t have the desire to truly understand how and why things are the way they are. We would rather be spoon fed answers from Google, Wikipedia, or yahoo answers. However, these are good places to begin, but most of the time we don’t bother following up on their sources, or dive deeper into the information. so for all we know that information is no good. 

            Then you get those crazy religious people who regurgitate what they hear from the minister or scripture. Most people don’t think about what they’re told. They just go with it and don’t question anything, then their closed mindedness results in them telling you that all other beliefs are wrong and theirs is the only true path. I commend them on their bravery to make such a strong statement, but how do they really know what path is truly the correct one, when they haven’t traveled any other road? I have faith that the path I am on is true but I still do not know if it is correct. Doubt is a healthy thing, but people don’t realize one can still have unfailing faith and still have doubt at the same time