I have never known the weather to change simply because we complain about it. I have known plenty of situations that seem worse than they actually are because all we do is complain about them. You create the world you live in. You don’t control the weather or people or any number of other variables, […]
As humans, we’re driven to categorize and label ourselves and others to understand how we fit together and how we differ from each other. Labels aren’t inherently bad—just like comparison isn’t bad either. But we’re also quick to place negative value judgments with labels and that’s where labels become limiting and stifling. One of the […]
I seem to have gotten the label of positive, which rather amuses me, because negativity is a frequent companion of mine. But it brings something important to the forefront: being positive isn’t about never having negative thoughts. Rather, being positive is all about how you deal with negative thoughts Negative people give in and complain. […]
Amanda’s note: I wrote the following a few months ago after seeing someone say that introverts could “become” extroverts. The idea annoys me. So when I unearthed this last weekend, I decided it was worth sharing. Because quiet isn’t bad. And I know I am quiet—and that people don’t always know how to react to […]
Buying a book for myself isn’t rare; the nearly 100 unread books sitting on my bookcase or on my Kindle should be enough to make that obvious. But today I bought a book for a reason I never have before. Today I bought a book because my own county “disinvited” the author (and book) from […]