⋆ Excuses

⋆ Excuses

When people make lists of addictions, rarely do they list making excuses.  Most people do it more than they realise. We make excuses to/for: ㆍ Protect ourselves from our fears. ㆍ Avoid exploring…
⋆ Bored

⋆ Bored

Are you depressed or bored? Are you enjoying the life, the person that you are? Have you forgotten how powerful you are? Here, let me remind you of a few! The power of:…
⋆ Anxiety

⋆ Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion characterised by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. Fear is an emotional response to an immediate threat. It is more associated with a…
⋆ Care

⋆ Care

Did you ever have a moment in your life when everything seemed so... perfect? You could see every line of your path before you, and everything made sense (?). No? Me either. I…
⋆  mirage

⋆ mirage

(I'm trying to tell you now, it's sabotage) In the immortal words of The Beastie Boys, I can't stand rocking when I'm in here 'Cause your crystal ball ain't so crystal clear So…
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⋆ bluffing

Are you bluffing yourself? You could be: If you developed an opinion not based on a process for concluding but because you followed what others were doing If you find a spilt in…
Collapse

Collapse

Unsubstantiated fear = obsessive thought processes = increased unsubstantiated fear = increasingly obsessive thought processes = even more unsubstantiated fear = uncontrollably obsessive thought processes = psychosis. Welcome to an infinitely recursive argument.…
Turn, turn, turn

Turn, turn, turn

How to make circular thinking* work for you! What is circular thinking? In the worldly sense, "circular thinking" is a pejorative term. It is generally associated with people with little critical thinking and…
Persist

Persist

"If you persist in an assumption long enough, it will be. That’s it. If you think someone is the most loving person on the planet, and you persist in that… then they will…
⊹ virtue

⊹ virtue

"Virtues" are attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to be and to act in ways that develop this potential. The reason for a virtuous life does not necessarily depend on belief…