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Psychology Today -- June 2009
- Men like blond bombshells (and women want to look like them)
- Humans are naturally polygamous
- Most women benefit from polygamy, while most men benefit
from monogamy
- Most suicide bombers are Muslim
- Having sons reduces the likelihood of divorce
- Beautiful people have more daughters
- Bill Gates and Paul McCartney have similarities with
criminals
- The midlife crisis is a myth—sort of
- It's natural for politicians to risk everything for an
affair (but only if they're male)
- Men sexually harass women because they are not sexist
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| “Maintaining hope is the single most exhausting endeavor of my life” -- C2
Its true hope can make or break us. As much as finding hope is a reason to keep going; hope has destined many to a life of wayward dreams full of heartache and disappointment. In that respect hope is indeed a double edged sword. Drawing a distinction between hope based upon blind fate and a more realistic type of hope founded on optimism has never been as straightforward as it may seem. With the former you are better off letting go and accepting that blind fate often defies reality and hoping for the unattainable is no hope at all.
Family members with terminally ill loved, often find themselves choosing between a miracle or letting their loved ones die. Sometimes it’s just easier to hope for the impossible, or believe that every signal is an indication that this idea of hope still exists. Although less dramatic this is no different then praying for a change in an incompatible significant other, or the belief that the Astros will win the World Series next season. Such so called hope is nothing more then a recipe for disappointment.
But letting go of hope however misguided is never as simple as we’d like it to be. Letting go of hope defies what we have thought to be true and thus defies a part of us. It is a rejection from you to yourself. It creates a dichotomy between what we want and what we know to be true. The dissonance created can foil even the most devout realists in appreciating the significance of letting go of false hope. But once we do, we are better able to create real hope, with real ends and real results. It’s a trade. Bad for Good. But we must first convince ourselves that what we are trading is truly in our best interest.
Have you ever realized what you have been hoping for was impossible to achieve? What did you do? How did you come to this realization?
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| When you want something you just can’t have. There is this inclination to slowly let this fixation eat away at you. Every day, every moment, is a constant reminder that certain things just aren’t meant to be. It’s like a faint ringing in your ear, a sound that you can’t ignore. It’s hard to believe some thing so close could be so far away. It’s just right there. You can see it, hear it, feel it even; but it’s just far enough that it’ll never be. Wanting this illusory dream is no different then hugging a cactus. The harder you squeeze the more it hurts. Acceptance of this inevitable end never comes easy. It acts as a void inside you wanting to be filled and until it is you are never truly satisfied. But sooner or later we realize that something might be better then nothing at all. So we fill our void with whatever we can, knowing that it’ll never compare to our original fascination. The surrogate, if we’re lucky enough to find it in something other then booze, drugs, and loose women, tends to fulfill our needs for now and for that moment we are content. But still deep down inside we still want that cactus no matter how much it hurts. It doesn’t get easier. Until you realize cactus aren’t for hugging. Have you ever wanted something that you can’t have? How did you deal with it? | | |
| Have you ever noticed a hidden arrow in the FedEx logo? It's right between the E and the X | | |
| sometimes the world spins too fast, and all you see is a darkened blur accented by touches of light streaming across your eyes. blink and you’ll miss it. that’s just how life is sometimes, one forgotten step, one wrong move and you’ll miss an opportunity. the key isn’t to refrain from blinking but rather to slow the world down, to get the clearer picture as opposed to slight blurs of light-- easier said then done of course. time today is measured in nanoseconds, every moment accounted for, productivity at its maximum, not a second wasted. but do take a step back and realize the world around you as it spins into oblivion, faster and faster. the light gradually becoming less noticeable… | | |
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