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In order for anything to move forward - progress, change, happiness, joy, peace - the first step is acceptance. 

 I really love this painting by John Everett Millais. If you were to just look at this painting without the title, you would infer a different meaning. When you realize the name of the painting, "The Blind Girl" then you get a how other sense of what the artist was trying to represent. I love the fact that the title and the painting together draws you into the world of the painting. They style, colors and details are nothing special in of themselves, but when put together with the title of the painting it creates a whole story. It reminds me of "Christina's World" by Wyeth. I like how the painting and the title draws the viewer to experience the painting.  

 You're scared of losing something you never had. It was never yours to begin with. Your possession was the illusion. We are only given. We attached and covet and ownership like it's a right. We only exist. When try to hold and take what is not ours, that is what causes the pain. Let it go and just be. That is all we can really do. 

The meaning of life is to live. As a biological creatures, evolution has optimized us for procreation. It has not optimized us to seek the truth, understand our feelings, or know God. We have to use and fight through our biology, conditioning and bias in order to seek truth, understand our feelings and maybe understand the concept of God. 

 Family for good and bad, will always be a part of your identity. If you are fortune enough to have had a good family, then it can be a source of pride and belonging. Even if you grew up with the worst family, you can't define yourself without acknowledging their influence on you and thus being a part of your identity. How you view them is up to you, however you can't eliminate them from your identity. 

I just watched the movie Dirty Harry for the frost time. Clint Eastwood is a legend. The movie was okay however all the unnecessary nudity made it better. Thinking about watching the next one in the series. Maybe. 

Two types of people. People who want things to stay the same and fight for it. People who want change and fight for it. The universe is in constant flux and change. Where do are you going to put your energy? Fighting the universe or adapting to it?

Stress comes from not wanting things we like, to remain the same and things we don’t like, to change Life is constantly changing The present is the only time we have Enjoy it It is the only time when things don’t change. Enjoy the things you don’t want to change Endure the things you want to change, knowing that it will There will be a day when you realize the struggle you went through and look back with a smile

There will be days where you have to use all your strength just to get up. Everything you have to open your eyes. All your will just to put one foot in front of the other. All you have left just to be. Your heart isn’t in it, you have the energy. You just don’t and can’t. When these times happen, just do what you must do to get through it. Do the bare minimum. Fake it if you can, just go through the motions but go through the motions. Sometimes that’s all we have.  There will also be days when you don’t want to sleep and can’t wait to get up. You’re unstoppable and have endless energy. Nothing can stand in your way. No obstacle is too large to overcome. You’ll get more done on those days than the whole week combined. Harness those days. Fulfill those days.  Know that we will have different days and that the next day will be different.  As we learn, we’ll learn how to smooth out the valleys so they dip less and heighten the mountains so they become ev...

We live in a world that caters to our every craving, whim and desire. That is what sells and lambs buy. Happiness is solving, overcoming and learning from difficult problems. Harder the problem, more difficult the odds, the deeper the lesson, the happier we will be.