...a life that is worth living...

Cheryl Strayed

(via

khelinski

Cheryl Strayed

(via

khelinski

Under the burden of solitude, 

under the burden of dissatisfaction 

the weight,the weight we carry is love.

6 Things We Didn’t Learn In School But Should

1. Mental health - understanding our feelings. Unfortunately many of us learn mental health management techniques after we’ve suffered. To prevent future generations from going through the same struggles we should be teaching them how to manage stress from a young age as it will present itself throughout our lives.

2. Diet - what we feed ourselves. Understanding the way the things we feed ourselves affect the body & mind is essential for maintaining optimal health. This is not restricted to what we put in our mouths, but also what we feed our minds through the content we consume.

3. Relationships - how to create loving & fulfilling relationships. Much of the heartache we experience in our lives could have been avoided if we learned what it means to be in a loving and fulfilling relationship with ourselves and how this affects the relationships we have with others.

4. Success - creating fulfillment. The society we live in promotes detrimental ideas such as money equals success and this is why many of us are trying to find ways to fill the void within. We must begin teaching children to discover what success means to them individually instead of striving for superficial ideals such as the accumulation of material things.

5. Intuition - how to access our inner guidance system. Learning how to tune into our feelings can take decades of life experience and suffering, we could save ourselves going through this unnecessary suffering if we were taught how to listen to what the body is telling us through gut feelings and intuitive downloads.

6. Philosophy - knowing who we are & what we came here to do. Having a sense of purpose and belonging comes from contemplating the nature of our existence and understanding our place in the cosmos. Many of us develop dysfunctional behavioural habits because of our lack of direction, this could all be avoided if we were taught about our true nature rather than just accepting that we’re only here to pay bills and die.

Education without knowledge of self is incomplete education.

Peace & positive vibes.

7 Ways To Stay Positive When You’re Stressed

1. Exercise - working out our emotions. Expressing the yang energy associated with our stress through moving into the body has an immediate calming effect on the body and mind due to the brain’s release of endorphins - the feel-good chemicals.

2. Meditation - checking in with ourselves. Often times the stress we feel can cause us to lose sight of where it originates from. When we meditate we are observing the dominant thoughts in our minds, detaching ourselves from these thoughts invites peace.

3. Nature - filling the mind with peace. The subconscious mind draws on what we feed it to create thoughts. When we feed ourselves the peace and serenity of nature we will experience peaceful thoughts.

4. Music - changing our vibe. Music gives us a feeling, we can use different types of music to instantly change our mood. This helps us tune our vibration and adjust our focus to the way we want to feel.

5. Creativity - expressing our emotions creatively. Forcing our emotions to remain inside of us by refusing to express them causes them to fester and manifest in poor mental & physical health. Creativity is one of the ways we can express the stress to release it.

6. Food - nourishing the body and mind. Being stressed sucks, adding to our stress by eating foods that make us feel heavy or uncomfortable is worse. This is why we must be mindful of what we feed ourselves when stress strikes.

7. Mindfulness - grounding ourselves in the now. We add fuel to the stress fire by following stressful thought patterns which takes us away from the now which is where we find peace. We must lose the mind and come to our senses to find this peace. 

The now is where we experience our deepest joy.

Peace & positive vibes.