There are some general truths about life that we often forget to consider. Turning 25 was for me, a good time to pause and reflect back on some truths about life, everything I have learned from my life experience. In doing so, I realized there was valuable and useful advice that may help others out there to avoid the mistakes I made and…
These harsh truths may be hard to swallow, but they will help you realize what might be holding you back. A true friend is one who will tell you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it. The truth can hurt, but when it is given in the style of a good friend, meant to help you to reach your full potential…
This is a person’s life and sometimes they need to take a stand. Even though they have no control over the things done to them, they can choose not to be lessened by them. They can decide not to let the opinions and actions of others occupy their mind and heart. They have control over who they stand beside and who to let…
Here you sit, pretty miserable and alone, feeling stuck in life and knowing that you need to make some changes. Your job has gotten beyond stressful; your relationship is on the rocks; you gained back all 40 pounds that you tried so hard to lose; your best friend and confidant has moved away. But you don’t move. Why are you feeling stuck in…
We’ve all been through one or more break-ups, whether it was an amicable parting or a crushing, heartbreaking loss. However, we’re about to break the stereotype that men handle break-ups better than women. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. A recent study in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences has found that men are actually more vulnerable to long-term distress following a break-up than women. In…
Normally people think that one needs to know whom s/he wants to become after graduation from the school that one needs to give birth to a child in her 20's, something that one needs to become somebody big and important before turning 30. Parents teach us to think this way from the early childhood and as a result of such stereotypes, in case…
Real life isn’t always what we expect - sometimes it’s satirically hilarious, sometimes depressingly honest. Artist Eduardo Salles has created powerful illustrations, comical and in-depth, that give more insight into the truth of life. Our life, compared to human relationship and desire, can be divided between what we love, what we want and what we actually have. For instance, what we need, want and…
This thought-provoking social experiment with 5 monkeys reveals the true nature of human behavior and explains a lot about our society. A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on the top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a…
I love Will Smith, his movies are awesome. His acting is great and you know something? He’s an inspiring dude. Will Smith is not just some celebrity, he’s a goldmine of inspiration and intelligence. You’d be surprised how much you can learn from Will Smith when it comes to living your life your own way to attain the success you deserve. Here are…
My definition of truth is “something you keep stumbling into, again and again, in different forms.” I, like most people, spent most of my life wanting a quick fix for my suffering. My biggest epiphany (and greatest disillusionment) was when I realized that all the life lessons I’d learned, all of the epiphanies I’d had about my healing and happiness, would have to…