Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘peace of mind’

chat bubbles

If you’ve read my post “The Best Pickup Line Ever,” you might wonder about the follow-up to which I alluded. That is, what do you actually talk to girls about? If you can answer that question with confidence, then by all means, keep doing what you’re doing. I’m just a regular dude who has his own opinion on the matter.

(more…)

Read Full Post »

Behind castle walls

Words can hurt much more than sticks and stones. They can stab your heart deeper than the sharpest stick. They can pound your resolve harder than the heaviest stone. But they can also lift your spirits more than any amount of material wealth. Words have the incredible power to create or destroy belief by focusing or distorting the lenses through which you view the world.

So how do you recover from an ambush of two-faced slander? How do you deflect a barrage of insults? How do you defend against a sustained siege of condescension?

(more…)

Read Full Post »

A man waiting

Waiting can be a tortuous experience. A phone call after a job interview. A text message from a new lover. The results of your most recent checkup. Whatever the trial may be, time appears to crawl at a tortoise’s pace. You cannot force the tortoise to quicken its steps, and pining for it harder will only add weight to its shell and tar upon the road before it.

(more…)

Read Full Post »

A cracked egg

Financial stress, relationship stress,
Work stress, family stress,
Social distress, life’s a mess.
But you’re going to keep it together.

(more…)

Read Full Post »

Michelangelo's David

Yesterday was my birthday and I just turned… older. Unless you’re a child anxious to grow up or a senior looking to break a century, most people don’t actually look forward to the irreversible accumulation of years. It means slower metabolism, wrinkles, hair loss in places you should have hair, and hair growth in places you should not have hair.

(more…)

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »