year (of books) in review

Another 12 months have passed and the most telling part about this year is that the first and second halves played out completely different for me. But one thing that remains fairly constant year over year is that I continue to read some pretty kick ass books. Not that I expect anything less from myself, though.

~protect your energy~

something i’ve struggled with constantly is not accepting temporary defeat as a catastrophic loss how many times do we console our friends and loved ones for small bumps in the road and proclaim “not to worry about it?” how many times do we accept other people’s minor faults without thinking twice, but as soon as

rocks&boulders

As a kid I used to play this sort of hypnotizing game, Where we used to take turns lying down with our eyes shut; and focus on the words of the other person. — “I’m taking out all of your bones and blood and filling your legs with rocks and boulders, rocks and boulders, rocks

be kind to yourself

We believe that being cruel to ourselves is a self-preservation tactic. We pick out our flaws because we are survivalists by nature. We have an itch to be aware of what other people could deem unworthy and insufficient. So we dwell on every possible flaw someone could rip apart and use against us. But it never

choose happiness

Is happiness a choice? Indeed, often times happiness is a choice you make. It’s the end-goal of everything we do. It’s why we pray, get married, go to college, slave through tiresome days at the office, endure heartache, buy into fads, and move through (the sometimes unbearable) woes of everyday life…  and more importantly, it’s