Hope is a desire for something, combined with an anticipation of it to happen. It is the anticipation of something desired. To hope for something is to make a claim about something significance to you, and so to make a claim about yourself. One opposite of hope is fear, which is the desire for something not to happen, ...

Having a little self control can save you from a lot of miseries, adversities, and errors. Self control is all about doing the right thing even when you do not like it. It involves shunning instant gratification and disallowing the demonic side of you from taking over. Self control is often referred to as willpower. It allows you to direct your attention despite the ...

I am tired of the idea of living today as if it were my last day. What about living today as if it were my first day. I love to remember. I love to slip away from reality and go somewhere I have been and stay a while there inside my yesterdays. But instead of remembering, how ...

We have entered the information age. The industrial age has come to an end. In the information age, life, jobs, money, and success are much more about who you know, rather than what you know. In the information age, a single instant can change the World, while the World stands by, unable to react to that instant. In the information age, ...

Warriors love to fight for the sake of fighting. Fighting is just an impulse that some can not control. Fighting satisfies anger, hate, or resentment of an alleged victims. When you fight, you fight for something of value, and should you destroy yourself or that something of value while fighting to obtain it, then you ...

You live in a World where the visual dominates, physicality is the only definition of reality, and the suffering that plagues you most is only that of your own internal thoughts. The World has gone mad as we have all become entrapped within our heads. The tools you use for your own liberation acting against ...

Is it possible to live in this World without problems and conflict. Is it possible in this crazy World to live a life in which every kind of problem and conflict does not exist. The inquiry into this question requires considerable intelligence, energy and application. So if we think together, go into this problem of whether there ...

Cinema has an undeniable power. The power to make you believe. The power to make you feel. The power to make you desire. But all of this would not be possible without beautiful, stunning, striking and memorable visuals. I remember perfectly the first time I met you. It was not the first time I saw you but it was the ...

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas? Inherent to the theory is the idea that extremely small changes produce enormous effects, but ones that can only be described fully in retrospect. Accurate prediction is somewhat impossible. There are many great examples of this in nature, and climate change ...

Whatever you do, take a moment, get yourself somewhere quiet, sit yourself down, and open your heart. Spend time consciously breathing. As you feel each inhale and exhale, do not just focus on the breath. Make sure to direct attention to your heart center itself, as if all of your energy were resting there. Then listen to ...

Your richness is your ability to survive whatever is causing you stress, anxiety or grief. You are far richer than your material possessions - your richness is within you and it manifests itself in the goodness of your character – and your willingness to live life with humility, compassion and forgiveness. Once you accept that you ...

Shit happens, people change, feelings disappear, things fade and things go wrong, memories remain but life goes on. There are people who you think will be in your life forever that become distant memories of your past. All things fade and quickly turn to myth. - Marcus Aurelius Feelings fading, and people changing is a part of ...

As you awaken to the truth that you are the one who creates your World, that you are the one who creates your life, you will no doubt find that your attention will be drawn to new things. What used to satisfy and interest you will shift. This is the process of  Awakening. It is quite simply the ...

Color has an impact on how you think and behave. Color directs your eye where to look, what to do, and how to interpret something. It puts content into context. It helps you decide what is important and what is not. Color affects us in countless ways, both mentally and physically. While perceptions of color are somewhat subjective, ...

I am amazed at how many people define success as making (or having) a lot of money. It is very strange, because many of the people who think this way are agitated, stressed and, frankly, pretty miserable. I decided I would rather starve, live on the edges of nowhere, than do anything at all; than become anything ...

For the most part, you are so used to your negative thinking that you are not even aware when you are doing it. Consequently, you need to listen closely to the content of your thoughts, and you need to hear your words as you speak them. Negative thinking is your enemy. It dampens your enthusiasm and ...

An 80-year lifespan is 960 months or about 29,000 days long. Think of that, an entire life. If you are middle-aged and will live another 40 years that’s only 480 months or about 15,000 days. And for someone my age with a life expectancy of maybe 20 years, that’s 240 months or about 7,000 days. This is shockingly ...