If you go online and look at what things can help you increase inner peace in your life, you will come across the concept of self-love. The idea is that the more you love, accept, and believe in yourself, the more resilient you become in dealing with life’s challenges. However, there is another side ofContinue reading “how loving others helps you accept yourself (and vice versa)”
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the concept of sin
For a while I’ve been thinking: what exactly are religions referring to when they talk about sin? What does sin actually represent in daily life? If you don’t have a base definition of sin in your mind, it’s possible for you to either go down the rabbit hole of guilt and shame or stop caringContinue reading “the concept of sin”
on finding the right ideas to live by
How does one make the smallest decisions in life? How do you decide how to approach a creative project? Why even start a creative project? How do you decide if you should take up the habit of exercising regularly, or drinking tea instead of coffee every day? How do you decide how to treat someoneContinue reading “on finding the right ideas to live by”
why we ought to respect, instead of quickly dismissing someone’s creative work
Ever had that moment where you tried to share a song, a book, or an artist you listen to with someone, and they didn’t even want to listen, choosing to entirely dismiss the work just based on the reputation or genre? I believe there is one very important reason why we shouldn’t dismiss other people’sContinue reading “why we ought to respect, instead of quickly dismissing someone’s creative work”
why we ought to pay attention to our dreams & desires
How having different desires as individuals helps humanity: A while ago I was speaking with one of my biology professors. I was struggling with staying engaged in the class material and asked him to tell me why he enjoyed studying genes so much, hoping that it would give me some perspective so I could startContinue reading “why we ought to pay attention to our dreams & desires”
seeing the grey in life
As someone who has leaned on optimism for so long, I have been starting to see the value of the grey-ness in different life events, situations, as well as in people. It happened when years later I started to realize that some of the past events in my life had negatively impacted me. And theContinue reading “seeing the grey in life”
reconstructing arguments – a strategy to accept criticism better
Ever had that moment where people kept telling you to do or stop doing something and you just didn’t follow through with that? Maybe you thought you knew better or wanted to test out your judgement on your own. Or maybe the way the criticisms were delivered was not diplomatic, kind, or well-crafted enough. There’sContinue reading “reconstructing arguments – a strategy to accept criticism better”
I don’t know what to write – a bunch of thoughts instead
It’s been a few days since I wrote my last post, and although I’ve been searching my mind for ideas on what to write, I haven’t come up with much. So with the excuse of taking a U-turn around writer’s block, I’ll write down some random, non-fleshed out things that have been on my mindContinue reading “I don’t know what to write – a bunch of thoughts instead”
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