If you don’t establish what’s good and bad for you, then someone else will. You’re always at someone else’s mercy if you don’t believe you’re first in your own life. Put yourself first. Did you shudder? That’s what we’re taught to do in all areas of our lives. Please your parents. Please your teachers. Please …
Life is Inside Out. Victims are violent people. Defence is the first Act of War. What other people do is none of your business. You can disagree with people and still be their friend.
There are many terms that are bandied about to the point that they’ve lost their meaning. Racist Homophobe White Supremacist But it’s almost used jokingly now to call some OCD (Short for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). But what do people mean when they use this term? For myself, I know that I crave ‘tidiness’ perhaps a …
You won’t like hearing this but like most, you will be living an adolescent life in many ways. Think about it. When you don’t get your way are you philosophical and accepting of it? Are you patient and rational? No, admit it, you get angry, you get frustrated, your nostrils flare, your skin gets ruddy. …
Your life can coast along for ages, weeks, months, years, decades, most coast for lifetimes. But then BAM!!!!!! Something shocks you to the core, you wake up and suddenly realise, fuck, I’m in the Matrix. I’ve been asleep AND you’ve done it willingly. It’s a game, it’s an experiment. Things happen and you have to …
There are many ways you can imprison yourself. The worst cage? Other peoples’ approval. As you traverse through life, you’ll realise one immutable fact. You can’t please other people, that would require you knowing what they wanted and people being able to actually articulate it. Most people don’t know what they want. They follow, they …
No is the hardest word, I am convinced. Shortly before my ex blocked me from his life, we had a long conversation where he said “Martin, can’t you just be happy with meeting every now and then?” At that point, I really should have answered “No.” When I am in something, I am committed, particularly …
I’m feeling refreshed from a wonderful night’s sleep! It’s very easy in the modern, crazily-busy world to forget the small things, those little pleasures that make a massive difference. Here’s a double question for you. When you’re feeling bad, what are you thinking about and in what TIMEFRAME are you thinking? Timeframe is important because …
For the longest time, you’ve had plans in your head. People ask children, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Ever stopped to think that, even as an adult, you still haven’t exactly figured that out? It is said that life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Most things …
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If you’re an empathic man, it can be very difficult to separate yourself from other people. You are committed to others You are loyal And you can see the potential in relationships While admirable, these traits can be dangerous because they assume the other person is approaching the relationship in the same way. As pessimistic …