It’s human nature to want to strike back and hurt someone who has hurt you. Most often, you feel as if they deserve to be paid back with the same treatment they showed you. Whether they betrayed your trust or broke your heart, or even seriously harmed you, physically or emotionally, you want them to be held accountable for what they did. But revenge is never worth it in the end. Why? Because it never

This quote has been attributed to various people such as Will Rogers, Walter Winchell, Will Smith and the book Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk. In the movie Fight Club, a variation of this quote is spoken by Tyler Durden. Let’s apply this a step further. We can argue that not only does advertising have us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, social media does, too.

Do you ever feel like your thoughts have minds of their own despite your attempts to stay focused? Most everyone probably knows the frustration of struggling to concentrate while feeling like your mind is encased in fog. Scattered thinking can be caused by a variety of factors, but one of the most common is lazy mental habits. The brain is like a muscle, and it needs to be exercised in order to remain sharp and

In a world that is often saturated by negativity, it’s tempting to criticize and complain about other people. Sometimes it may seem like they even deserve it. Perhaps they are frequently rude, insensitive, or they seem to go out of their way to hurt others. Maybe their destructive behavior is dragging down the morale of those around them. Or they might even seem to have a superiority complex, so you feel compelled to squash their

How often do you focus on fitting in? How often do you hide the “real you” from the world? The quote, “The more real you get, the more unreal the world gets,” points out that the world benefits when we share who we really are. When we stop letting the world influence us, we have more influence over the world. Why it is Difficult to Truly Be Ourselves If you haven’t noticed, it is common

Kindness is a trait that is undervalued in today’s society. Everyone is too busy pursuing their own aspirations to lend a warm smile or helping hand to someone right in front of them. However, the world becomes a sad and dismal place without kindness. This quote reminds me of a complete meltdown I had in my car years ago because someone was kind to me. The truth is, sometimes the power of kindness can make

Try running in place for an hour. You’ll never get anywhere, and you will be exhausted. The same is true when we run away from our problems. We run from them, trying to leave them behind, but we get nowhere, and they stay with us. It often feels easier to ignore a situation or a difficult circumstance. Maybe it is because we fear confrontation or feel scared about how it may turn out. Or perhaps

In Game of Thrones, Lord Varys and Tyrion Lannister are having a chat and Varys tells him a riddle about three sellswords and asks him who lives and who dies. Tyrion says it depends on the sellsword. Varys challenges that. While the best one that holds a sword may be the one to determine who lives and who dies, he has neither crown or gold or holds favor with the gods. Varys goes on to