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How "Positive Thinking" Destroyed the Legacy of Rome
In 527 Petrus Sabbatius succeeded his uncle and adoptive father to the Eastern Roman Empire’s throne to become Emperor Justinian I, and would, through his long reign, completely destroy what was left of the Roman empire in Italy and Africa.
By Michael G Whitehouse5 years ago in Motivation
Just Live Your Life Like Your Story
There is nothing I dislike more than people going out of their way to brag about their "good deeds". I have a good reason for this discontentment though. Bare with me here. When I hear your story of how you bought a homeless person a sandwhich and gave them some money, or went out of your way to help a friend in need - my first thought will always be - why does this have to be so special?? From the bottom of my heart I truly mean it. Because in my opinion, which you don't have to care about, I believe that you should live EVERY DAY like you are entering a good deed writing challenge. EVERY DAY you should be acting from the kindness of your soul to help others feel better. Your life motto should be to always leave a place more positive than when you entered it. This can relate to work, roles you've done in your career, volunteering, or even something as common as the gas station. When you leave the room, are people smiling because you made them feel important? Did you go out of your way to acknowledge them? Make something better for them? Turn their day around with a smile, a wave, or even your positive attitude? I don't want to sit through and read your great, outstanding deeds because these should be commonalities. This challenge should be "what is something you do every day" and if that answer is "a good deed" then boom. You my friend are on the right path and journey to contentment. But if this above anecdote does not meet the criteria for the good deed challenge, then fine, I will share everything I did today as an example to my words above.
By Tarynn Johnson5 years ago in Motivation
“I Am Proud to Be Maladjusted”
Let’s take it back, way back for some us, myself included, to 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was giving a speech on civil rights and segregation. During that speech he used a term that I had not heard before, he said we need to be “Maladjusted”. Most folks are familiar with the term adjustment, it basically means to correct or straighten, or to make “normal”. Now maladjusted, wouldn’t that mean the opposite? In the context that Dr. King was using it that’s is exactly what it means, because in 1964 segregation was normal, discrimination was not only normal but an accepted practice and a way of life. He was saying in order for us to advance we had to make these things not “normal”. We had to move past our differences solely based on our color in order to obtain a better way of life for all.
By Thomas Neal5 years ago in Motivation
A New Beginning
HELLO WORLD!!!!! SO this is something different for me. I am entering a different phase in my life where now I am becoming the old head…WOW… but with that comes certain obligations for the next generation, hence this little effort right here. Let me begin by saying I have been doing what you all are about to start reading and hearing and maybe one day seeing for a number of years, mainly to people within my circle, and that is motivating them to do and be more than they would have thought possible. Showing them how some of the decisions they are making are helping or hindering their personal development. Before you think it though, no I am not going to list out schools attended, courses taken and certifications earned because this is not a resume. I have heard countless times I should write a book or I am going to be a politician, and honestly all those things are still open options for me, but now my goal is to reach SOMEBODY and hopefully get someone to where they want to be. The inspiration for this came from an unlikely source, Facebook. A family member posted a blog and friend of mine made a video talking about stepping out of her comfort zone, so I thought to myself it’s my time. One of things I have learned over the years is what good is having knowledge if its not shared, so here goes….SOMETHING?!?
By Thomas Neal5 years ago in Motivation
Lifestyle during Covid-19
Year 2019, going to end happily and peacefully but On December 12th, a deadly Virus named Covid-19, first introduced itself in Wuhan, China. Number of cases emerged in China on daily bases and with the blink of an eye; it spreads all over the world. This virus creates significant knock-on effects on the daily life of citizens as well as the global economy.
By Syed Imran5 years ago in Motivation
What if we treated everyday like it were Christmas
I’m writing this one on December 26th, 2020. I’ve had this thought I can’t shake the last few days; what if instead of having Christmas one day per year we instead did the opposite? And no, I’m not suggesting we buy gifts every day. I am suggesting as a society, we all agreed every day we would spread joy, be kind to each other, agreed to disagree on our differences and celebrated our commonalities as human beings, and decided intentionally we would have only one day a year where we didn’t? Kind of like the purge. What would happen?
By Ryan Cron5 years ago in Motivation
Less is More
There is something we need to be reminded of more often. My reminder early this new year came from reading ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck’ by Mark Manson, watching ‘The Minimalists’ on Netflix and listening to the legendary Alan Watts many podcasts to kick-off 2021.
By Lauren Baldwin5 years ago in Motivation
4 Mantras to Power Up for the New Year
We are the words we tell ourselves. The stories we weave and repeat in our minds are the ones we attract. After all, we do not attract what we want, but rather, what we are. If we are the words we repeat to ourselves then we must speak positively to ourselves.
By Leanne Gelish5 years ago in Motivation
Beating the winter blues
Three years ago I started a journey of self discovery. Everything in my life had changed and it was time to rediscover myself and make plans for my future. Living in Canada my whole life I had decided first off that I never wanted to spend another full winter here. Travel has always been my passion, everything about my being is pulled by the insatiable need to see the world, learn about other cultures, see the amazing architecture in other countries and being able explore far off lands. Knowledge that other parts of the world do not have cold winters and have opposite seasons to us instantly peaked my interest and from learning that at a young age it has been a goal to not have to spend winter in the frozen white north. Having your hair turn into an icicle and break off when you touch it outside because you get out of the shower late and have to run out the door without being able to blow dry it is not motivation to stay where you are for the rest of your life, at least not for me. I was finally given the opportunity to experience warmer winter weather after 38 years on this planet and although it was not somewhere as balmy as Brazil it was still a big change from what I experienced my whole life. Now do not laugh too hard at this, for some, where I went may not give the same euphoric feeling as it did for me and in fact they still have colder winters than most of the United States but for me it just reinforced my need to leave Canada during our winter months. So where did I go you ask, I went to Portland, Oregon. 36 was the average temperature while I was there, it rained a lot, it was grey most days even when it didn't rain but man did I love it. An inch of snow shut down the whole city for a day and it was melted before it even hit the ground. The grass was green, the first time I ever seen people mow lawn in the winter, let alone when it was raining, but they would have forests for lawns if they didn't mow on the days when the rain was just a mist. The trees that bloom for a short time over the winter with the beautiful pink flowers, they bloom and die over a period of a few weeks and in the areas that have lots the ground is turned pink by the pedals it's absolutely breath taking. Now like I said it was not Brazil by any means, and I know that even if I went one state south I could of had palm trees and 70 degree weather but in comparison from where I live in Alberta, this was heaven. It continued my drive to get my education completed, to work on being able to make a habit of traveling over the winter months and be paid for it and I started a quest for different ways to make this goal, my dream, become my reality. After one winter and completing what I needed to get a start in the travel industry moving forward, low and behold the world said hold my beer lets give her one more hurdle, a pandemic. Of course this didn't just affect my life and what I have worked so hard to accomplish this has negatively affected most of the world. From people having their lives turned upside down from the lingering effects of getting the illness, or losing loved ones to it, it literally stopped my dream career and all I had accomplished in its' tracks and once again I was trying to put my life on track without being able to work in my chosen career. This also meant that I was going to have to endure another brutally cold Canadian winter. I am not even aloud to travel within Canada to places that are warmer than where I am, at least if I don't want to chance being in trouble and getting a fine. So now we reach the part where I make everything above fit into the title of my piece, how to beat the winter blues.
By Lora Danielson5 years ago in Motivation
