Friday, February 21, 2014

Undimmed by time. Unbound by death.



Three years has passed since I saw your face.
I wonder if I come to you at night, in dreams.
In the day, as memories.
Do I haunted your hours the way you haunted mine?

And I wonder if you see me, when you look at her.
If we have souls, they are made of the love we share.
Undimmed by time.
Unbound by death.
-- Oblivion, 2013

Thursday, February 20, 2014

20 Things That Mentally Strong People Don’t Do



I found a great article on elitedaily about what things that mentally strong people don't do. I don't write this article, it's written by Paul Hudson.  Enjoy

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I often write about the things I believe we all should be doing, trying or experimenting with in order to maximize our success and happiness. However, it’s not always the things we do that make the biggest difference in our lives; it’s often the things we avoid doing that have the biggest effect. As human beings, we have a strong aversion to not doing; we feel that in order to produce results, there must be an initial action.

However, because we are almost always doing something, piling on more and more often has a negative effect, rather than a positive one. Among the mentally strong, there are several actions that are avoided in order to produce the greatest benefit in the shortest period of time.

These actions are those that the mentally strong avoid, and that we should consider adapting as our own: