God truly showed Himself. It was a big success on Saturday. Appreciate Every one that came and also those who prayed for the event.
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The traditional wedding was also lit.
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So guys am getting married in the next 5 days…
I owe every single moment of my relationship with my beautiful bride to be to God Almighty. For good 3 years we have been together, in good times and bad times. The trial period and the harvest period. She stood by me all along and supported me when I was broken, broke, and lost. I give every to God for putting me through your path as we journey this life together my Queen.
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My Beautiful Queen
What more can I ask for???
You have made me the happiest man on earth.
My Humble self
Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds a good thing. And obtains favour from the Lord”.
About to start a new phase in my life #Happy
The only thing I can use to repay you for all your love, care, support, and prayers is to make you my better half and partner for life. To make you my wife and mother of my kids. Thank you for stealing the keys to my heart as we exchange our vows November 3rd, 2018.
I want to share with you 4 very important life lessons that were reinforced for me over the 3 hours.
These are truly foundations for our happiness and success.
While I’ve had these reflections individually many times in the past, recently all 4 have culminated together for me and it feels like they’re now written in the cells of my body, singing out to be aligned with and honored!
Okay let’s dive in to the points!!!
Resonance is a feeling you get, telling you that something is good, aligned, and right for you.
The opposite of resonance is dissonance, meaning you feel something isn’t aligned.
Too many people navigate their lives doing things that do not resonate, in places that are not resonant, with people who don’t resonate with them.
If we make our choices about what we do in life based on our thinking mind alone, we can end up in all sorts of trouble and dissonance like this.
Instead, we need to notice what we feel, what RESONATES when we are making our choices about work, money, relationships, health, lifestyle and more.
As you go about whatever you do, personally and professionally, it’s all about HOW you do it.
Too often we race around in life in such a hurry to get things done, resisting life, aggrieved by things that bother us, frustrated by unexpected situations and people that seem to distract us from what we would prefer to be experiencing.
We may push ahead and force with strong, intentional energy to âget things doneâ and achieve our goals, but to what end?
Are we sitting there at the finish line feeling ragged and worn? And/or have we left a trail of issues behind us, paying a price in our health, relationships, finances or lifestyle because of the way we have been operating?
If you want to have a happy life then:
Well, technically you can do everything you want (over your lifetime) but you most definitely can’t do it all at once!
You can’t please everyone, you can’t be all things to all people, and you can’t achieve all your goals in one go while also caring for your relationships, health, work and personal life. So you have to make conscious choices about what to give your precious energy to.
I recently read a wonderful book on Essentialism â the art of focusing on what is essential, and not getting distracted by the gazillions of non-essential things that call for one’s attention each day. And my takeaway so far, which is so profound for me, is thisâŚ
There will be many good things you can focus on and give your time to. But there are only a small handful of GREAT things. To be most effective and successful, means deciphering the great from the good â saying yes to great, saying no to goodâŚ
I’ve previously had a major issue with this, struggling to say no to good things. It’s like we’re wired to say yes to all the good things in life. Good people, good opportunities, good experiences, good ideas. But there are actually many goodies! And we can’t do it all. From experience, trying to do it all leaves you burned out!
So, if you want to be highly effective AND happy, then:
And here is the very important lessonâŚ
In saying goodbye, I was sobbing with such a deep, deep sadness in my heart. Yet, at the very same time, in every cell of my body as I bawled my eyes out hugging my parents and siblings goodbye, I knew what my intuition was telling me â to continue my path (even though my path leads me away from the physical presence of those I love).
When it comes to having an amazing life, please know that there is no perfect. There is only the choice of living your most soul-aligned path, whatever that looks like in any given moment, and accepting all that it gifts you and teaches you as you flow with it.
So, if you want to go big on your goals, and live the life of your dreams, then:
Guys don’t get it twisted. Ain’t the writer of this. Lol! As mentioned in my first paragraph, i got motivated just some few hours back reading this beautiful piece that so referred to my life. All credit goes to Bernadette Logue.
1. Evening news is where they begin with âGood eveningâ, and then proceed to tell you why it isnât.
2. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesnât work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
3. Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
4. Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.
5. I used to be indecisive. Now Iâm not so sure.
6. If you think nobody cares if youâre alive, try missing a couple of payments.
7. Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster with more energy!
8. I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.
9. Money talks âŚbut all mine ever says is good-bye.
10. Two wrongs donât make a right, take your parents as an example.
11. Team work is important; it helps you put the blame on someone else.
12. You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? Thatâs your common sense leaving your body.
13. Dear alcohol, We had a deal where you would make me funnier, smarter, and a better dancer⌠I saw the video⌠we need to talk.
14. Some people say âIf you canât beat them, join themâ. I say âIf you canât beat them, beat themâ, because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise .
15. Funny how we need to talk really means you need to listen.
16. Nothing ruins a Friday more than realizing that itâs Tuesday.
17. Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks youâre an a**hole.
18. If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child.
19. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
20. Just about the time when you think you can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
21. Is google a woman? Because it wonât let you finish your sentence without coming up with other suggestions.
22. Isnât it great to live in the 21st century? Where deleting history has become more important than making it.
23. I can totally keep secrets. Itâs the people I tell them to that canât.
24. My job is secure. No one else wants it.
25. Always borrow money from a pessimist. He wonât expect it back.
26. That awkward moment when you leave a store without buying anything and all you can think is âact natural, youâre innocent.â
27. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
28. Materialism: buying things we donât need with money we donât have to impress people that donât matter.
29. A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
30. You have two choices in life: You can stay single and be miserable, or get married and wish you were dead.
1. Good job.
We should give ourselves a pat on the back for the things we are trying to accomplish every day and the people we are trying to become. Even if weâre not there yet, at least we are trying and we deserve to give ourselves credit from time to time.
2. There will always be bumps on the road and thatâs okay.
We will always be faced with obstacles but thatâs how we learn how to really drive and which roads to avoid. Nothing will ever go exactly the way we want them to but this doesnât mean that we are headed in the wrong direction. Sometimes a change in direction leads to a better way.
3. Life is not a race.
We canât keep competing with everyone like itâs a race and we need to get to the finish line first. We should just run as fast as we can or as slow as we can as long as we keep looking ahead and moving forward. We shouldnât be concerned about winning because life is not a race.
4. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
If we stop doing things because weâre scared, we wonât be doing much. Fear is part of life and the only way to get over it is to just go ahead and do what scares us â especially if it will bring us closer to the life we want to live.
5. Some people are not meant to stay.
We will meet a lot of people who will not stay in our lives no matter how much we want them to. Instead of trying to find out why they canât stay, accept that this is how life works sometimes. Maybe life wants to replace them with better people or maybe you just need to learn how to be on your own for a while.
6. The depth of your love today is the depth of your wound tomorrow.
Before we recklessly give our hearts to people and invest in them, we need to know if they are really worth the pain and the suffering that may come with loving them. Some people are worth suffering for and some people are not. We have to pick our battles wisely.
7. We may not solve all our problems but we can change our mindset.
We canât control everything that happens to us; we can only control the way we respond to them. As long as we manage our mindset, we will be able to cope with certain difficulties better and we will make our lives a bit easier.
8. Do not settle.
Donât stay at a job you hate, donât marry someone you donât love, donât stay friends with people who belittle you. Life can be good if we choose not to settle for the things that impede our happiness.
9. Time heals everything.
Eventually our pain will go away, our mistakes will be forgiven, our hearts will mend and our minds will find peace.
10. We are never alone.
We are never alone in our struggles or alone in our lives. We will always find people who want to be there for us and support us and people who genuinely love us. Sometimes we think we are alone, but thatâs just our minds tricking us into thinking that life is harder than itâs supposed to be.
Meadow Hall Foundation through its School Adoption Programme (SAP) provides infrastructural.and educational support to schools, pupils, teachers, and the host communities.
It was a successful outreach with Meadow Hall group last Friday. Over 400 pupils who are have been assisted to get settled in this academical session. It wouldn’t have come through of not for you guys kind donation and support.
Am very happy and glad that we at Motivated And Free did our bit and supported this great initiative. We use this medium to thank the management of Meadow Hall Foundation, for trusting us and making us one of their media partners. God bless.
In the famous words of Ferris Bueller, âLife moves pretty fast. If you donât stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.â
It can be easy to get swept away in the fast lane and forget to stop and show your appreciation for what you do have. A life well lived is one of gratitude and thankfulness.
To help you on your gratitude journey, here are 8 ways to have more gratitude in your daily life.
1. Donât be picky: appreciate everything
Gratitude doesnât have to be saved for the âbigâ things in life. The habit of being grateful starts with appreciating every good thing in life and recognizing that there is nothing too small for you to be thankful for.
Even if it is as simple as appreciating the clear weather or how quickly your mailman delivered your mail last Friday, donât leave anything outwhen practicing your gratitude.
Western Buddhist master Jack Kornfield remembers an exercise he did with a man who was caring for his grandson while his son and daughter-in-law battled a drug addiction. Despite all that he had been through, the man was still able to find gratitude for the amount of compassion he had learned to show and the impact he was able to have on other people.
Dig a little deeper into some of your own past experiences and try to figure out how they have helped shape you into the person you are today.
3. Practice mindfulness
Sit down daily and think through five to ten things you are grateful for. The trick is that you need to picture it in your mind and sit with that feeling of gratitude in your body. Doing this every day will rewire your brain to be naturally more grateful, and youâll start feeling happier after every session.
It only takes eight weeks of gratitude practice for people to start showing changed brain patterns that lead to greater empathy and happiness.
Your brain is a powerful tool, and training it towards gratitude is all part of ensuring that the gratitude comes more easily as you practice, so what are you waiting for?
4. Keep a gratitude journal
After your mindfulness session, write down your positive thoughts! Keeping a journal of all of the things you are thankful for can help you keep track of and refer back to the positives in your life.
Write down your positive thoughts to further focus your attention on the subject. While you are putting the pen to paper, you have no choice but to consciously think about the words you are writing without other distracting, ungrateful thoughts.
You can journal every day after your gratitude practice, or you can come back to the journal on a regular schedule weekly or monthly.
5. Volunteer
For many people, the key to having more gratitude is to give back to others in their local community. Not only will it make you more grateful for the things that you may take for granted, but studies have shown that volunteering for the purpose of helping others increases our own well-being, and thus our ability to have more gratitude. University of Pennsylvania professor, Martin Seligman, supports this theory with his research in Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being. After testing all kinds of variables that help improve our well-being, he found that volunteering is the single most reliable way to momentarily increase your well-being.
In other words: helping others helps you!
6. Express yourself
Sometimes itâs not enough to simply keep your gratitude to yourself. You can increase your feelings of gratitude by expressing that same gratitude to the people you care about.
Soul Pancake, a group that works to discover the âscience of happiness,â ran an experiment where they encouraged people to write a letter to a person they were grateful for. By itself, this exercise increased their levels of happiness from 2 to 4%. However, when the same people made a phone call to the person they were thankful for to express their gratitude directly, happiness levels jumped from 4% to 19%. Not only does expressing your gratitude for someone make their day a little brighter, but it can do wonders for increasing your own levels of gratitude and happiness in the long run
7. Spend time with loved ones
If youâre struggling with feeling the gratitude in the moment, go spend time with your friends and family. Of course it will help you grow closer to them and strengthen your relationship, but it will also give you a chance to practice your acts of gratitude on people that you care about.
Start small if theyâre having trouble finding ways to support your friends and family. For instance, why donât you make sure youâre listening intently the next time someone shares a story with you instead of waiting for your own chance to speak? Or start a conversation with a difficult member of the family by complimenting their new shoes or hair-cut.
8. Improve your happiness in other areas of your life
Being grateful can make you happy, but being happy can also make you grateful. There are plenty of other ways to get your mood up, including exercising or participating in a hobby you enjoy.
Once you are feeling the endorphins flow, showing gratitude will become even easier and youâll start to be able to make list after list of all of the things in your life youâre thankful for.
Source: Women’s Media
Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the
Pastor and his 11-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out
Gospel tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the
Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very
cold outside as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his
warmest and driest clothes and said “Okay Dad, I’m ready.”
His Pastor Dad asked, “Ready for what?
“Dad, it’s time we gather our tracts together and go out.”
Dad responds, “Son, it’s very cold outside and it’s pouring down rain.”
The boy gives his Dad a surprised look, asking, “But Dad, aren’t people
still going to Hell, even though it’s raining?”
Dad answers, “Son, I am not going out in this weather.”
Despondently the boy asks, “Dad, can I go — Please?”
His father hesitated for a moment then said, “Son, you can go. Here’s
the tracts; be careful son.”
“Thanks, Dad!” And with that he was off and out into the rain. This
11-year-old boy walked the streets of the town going door-to-door and
handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel tract. After 2-hours of
walking in the rain he was soaking bone-chilled wet and down to his very
last tract. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a
tract to but the streets were totally deserted.
Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk
to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell — but nobody
answered. He rang it again and again bit still no one answered. He
waited but still no answer. Finally this 11-year-old trooper turned to
leave but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang
the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited,
something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again, and this
time the door slowly opened. Standing in the doorway was a very sad
looking elderly lady.
She softly asked, “What can I do for you, son?”
With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy
said, “Ma’am, I’m sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you
that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU! I came to give you my very last Gospel
tract which will tell you all about Jesus and His great love.” With that
he handed her his last tract, and turned to leave.
She called to him as he departed, “Thank you, son! And God bless you!”
Well, the following Sunday morning in church, Pastor Dad was in the
pulpit and as the service began he asked, “Does anybody have a testimony
or want to say anything?”
Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her
feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her
face. “None of you in this church know me. I’ve never been here before.
You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband has passed
on, some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday,
being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart
as I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will
to live.
“So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic
of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then
stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my
neck. “Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted, I was about
to leap off when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs
startled me. I thought, ‘I’ll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go
away.’ “I waited and waited — but the ringing doorbell seemed to get
louder and more insistent and then the person ringing also started
knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, ‘Who on earth could this
be?! Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me!’ “I loosened the rope
from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang
louder and louder. When I opened the door and looked I could hardly
believe my eyes! “There on my front porch was the most radiant and
angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life! His smile! Oh, I could
never describe it to you! And the words that came from his mouth caused
my heart, that had long been dead, to leap to life as he exclaimed with
cherub-like voice, ‘Ma’am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY
DOES LOVE YOU.’ “Then he gave me this Gospel tract that I now hold in my
hand. As the little angel disappeared back out, into the cold and rain,
I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel tract. Then I
went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn’t be needing them
any more.
“You see, I am now a happy child of the KING, and since the address of
your church was on the back of this Gospel tract I have come here to
personally say, ‘Thank you to God’s little angel who came just in the
nick of time, and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in Hell.'”
There were now no dry eyes in the church. As shouts of praise and honor
to the KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad
descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was
seated. He took him in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
Probably no church has had a more glorious moment and probably this
Universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love and honor
for his son, except for one: This Father, God, also allowed His Son,
Jesus, to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back
with joy unspeakable, and as all of Heaven shouted praises and honor to
the King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all
principality and power and every name that is named. There may be
someone, reading this, who is also going through a dark, cold and lonely
time in your soul. You may be a Christian, for we are not without
problems, or you may not yet know the King. Whatever the case, and
whatever the problem or situation you find yourself in, and no matter
how dark it may seem, I want you to know that I just came to tell you,
“JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU!”
There have been times where I found life to be really difficult to cope with. During those times, I have succumbed to stress, had low self-esteem and felt that I just could not carry on. Fortunately, I have come through and this encouraged me to share with you this topic.
First things first, I acknowledge my father in heaven. For without him I wouldn’t have come this far in life.
1. Recognize your situation
Sometimes, one of the most difficult things to do is to recognize your own situation. When life is tough, it becomes difficult to see what is actually happening. Negative thoughts can make it hard for you to think clearly. They can make you feel as if there is no way you can continue.
To break this kind of thinking, ask yourself: Have I changed?
Take note of the things you have been experiencing lately, like struggling with sleeping, not eating well, drinking excessive alcohol and no longer doing the things you enjoy. These are all signs that you are not effectively coping.
Recognizing these signs is the most important thing you should do. Once you are able to recognize your struggles, you can start finding ways to improve things and make your life better.
Try to identify what is triggering your anxiety. It can be the sad passing of a friend or family member, money problems or relationship difficulties. Or it could be a combination of things which are mounting up.
2. Make time for yourself
You are important and you need to recognize this. Failure to see your importance can easily make you neglect yourself.
Ensuring that you are eating a healthy diet is one of the best things you can do. When your body is healthy, so is your mind.
Try to engage in some form of exercise. This doesnât have to involve a trip to the gym. In fact, you can start with a gentle stroll around a local park.
Although exercise canât instantly cure your stress, it can help reduce your anxiety as well as help divert your attention. In addition to healthy eating and exercise, you can also do meditation.
At first, this may seem unusual, but, in the long run, this technique can make you easily recall your happy moments easily.
3. Plan a way to move forward
Once you know what is causing your stress, you can start looking for ways to solve it. If you know you wonât be able to solve it on your own, donât hesitate to ask for help. In case you are being stressed by money problems, for example, there are organizations that can help you with advice and support. For bereavement, there are counselors who can give you practical help to move on.
There are a lot of organizations online that can give you support. If you find this uncomfortable, you can go see your doctor.
4. Keep a âPositive Diaryâ
A âpositive diaryâ works similarly to a journal. However, instead of paying close attention to negative thoughts, you write down positive things about your day. For each day, you need to record three positive things. They can be things you felt or thought of during your work at the office, while working out in the gym or during your walk home.
As much as possible, disregard the negative things that may have happened. Focus only on the positive things to attract more of the good energy into your life.
5. Know that you can carry on
As I said above, there will be some days where you will encounter setbacks and there will be times when your best-intentioned plans will fail. You need to know that this is something that happens to everyone and is not a reason to give up.
Some time ago I went through some pretty tough times. At that time, I thought they were insurmountable. However, I kept going, looked for positives and got through it.
I was reminded by reading some of my Facebook memories which showed some pretty bleak posts from previous years that showed me how I found a way to get through. In time, things did get better.
Donât give up
You may feel that there is no solution and that the only way forward is to leave this world. Although tempting, this isnât one of the best ways to cope with life. If you ever feel this way, please get professional help.
There are a lot of suicidal cases in the world today. It is so devastating to look at families and friends, all wondering if they could have done anything to help. Actually, we could have done something- had he only asked.
Moving on and finding ways to cope with life can take some effort and time. This, however, doesnât mean that they arenât doable.
Am so happy with my achievement so far. I never regretted nor felt bad to start what I believed was good for me, and how the Grace and love of God saved me from the wilderness.
I used to be an entertainment blogger with prospects. I was kinda popular and I had business coming in bit by bit. But when I lost my job, I couldn’t cope with my bills, my world started crumbling. The business I had coming suddenly stopped. I started praying and fasting asking God for directions and new doors to start opening for me.
After wandering and spending most of my life in the wilderness filled with depression, lost, unmotivated, anxiety, and hate, the Lord saved and delivered me. I made a promise to God to share the message of not giving. To help others using this blog as a tool to speak and reach out to those who are depressed, not motivated or inspired. I was scared to start at the beginning, but eventually I did. I never believed this blog will ever come into existence nor go this far. It never came to my mind I was going to be helping one or two people all over the world. I never knew I was going to have good mentors and fellow motivational and inspiring bloggers on this platform. Truly nothing is ever late to those who wait patiently on the Lord.
My blog is a year older today. Am happy am not where I used to be, am grateful for where I am right now as I move higher by the Grace of God.
Knowing how to find happiness is easy, but actually attaining it is a different story. If you have been chasing happiness without positive results, read through the tips below to open yourself up and to let happiness come to you this weekend.
Happiness is like the air around us. You canât always see it, and itâs not always obvious that itâs there, but if you sit still and stop seeking it, you will be able to find it. If you use the tips in this article properly, chasing happiness will become a thing of the past.
Have a happy weekend guys!!!
Social media was designed to make interaction a lot easier. But today, when we look closely, we are socially awkward. This is why social media causing depression and anxiety isnât surprising.
We are gradually getting so addicted to proving ourselves to the rest of the world that we fail to realize our real self-worth. Social media is silently taking away our happiness without us realizing it.
Social media enables us to portray what we want others to think of us. That means that what other people make out of our message isnât always similar to what we really mean.
We usually post about the good things that are happening in our lives. It could be pictures of foreign trips, a newborn child or a really happy experience.
What people fail to realize is that while other peopleâs pictures depict happiness, they could be far from reality. No one actually knows about the number of sleepless nights as parents or the hard work you go through to save up for a trip.
Last month, I was out celebrating a friendâs anniversary. I had imagined they are a very happy couple celebrating their 6th anniversary. I had always admired the tourist locations they went to, the places they dined at, and all the romantic quotes they put on social media.
At times, I felt uncomfortable being around such happy people. This was very far from the truth. I realized this after I spent two days with them. They were both influencers on social media, with thousands of people watching them.
In reality, they had more fights than any other couple I knew. They spent their anniversary taking picture-perfect images instead of celebrating their relationship. I understood the hypocrisy of this virtual platform that very moment.
In the rush to stay connected with people from around the world, we have missed noticing the people around us. Our addiction to social media has made us distant from our loved ones, the ones who truly value us.
Lack of communication is one of the major reasons why relationships go downhill. Aversion to social media leads to most breakups today. Real relationships need effort and time. They require patience and a lot of hard work to go through phases.
Itâs high time we realize that our aversion to social media is leading us to a very delusional land. Itâs a land where we might have a thousand friends virtually but absolutely no one in real life. We are real human beings that crave for real human emotions at the end of the day.
Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram take up most of the time in a youngsterâs life today. They get their sense of accomplishment from the number of likes and the response they get on social media. Thereâs a constant rush to prove their worth in the virtual world.
While the sense of competitiveness is good, they fail to look at the bigger picture. They donât realize that they are ignoring their real worth. They fail to make appropriate human connections or networks during the most crucial phase of their lives.
Social media platforms certainly make their lives more meaningful and enable them to have a broader outlook. But, at the same time, social media platforms keep them away from making human connections and having real-life experiences.
Addiction refers to compulsive behavior resulting in some severe negative effects. Addiction to anything is said to be bad, even to the best of habits. Be it just drinking water or eating vitamins.
Social media addiction is characterized by the urge to constantly check platforms to make updates or look up others. There exists a very thin line between being fond of something and being addicted to it.
Researchers claim social media addiction could be stronger than alcohol or cigarette addiction. To prove that, they hooked people to MRI machines while they spoke highly of themselves, which is what most people do on social media platforms. They noticed that it stimulated pleasure centers of the brain like good food and sex do.
Social media has now become a toxic mirror. It creates your virtual image. What it shows is what defines you in front of other people.
Our severe addiction to social media has blinded us to see the difference between real and virtual.
We stick to topics that are trending and we follow them blindly without questioning their reality or logic. We show our interest in topics only when we see people interested in them and not when they need attention.
That has made us overlook the importance of connection with our real-world friends.
There is much more to life beyond those blue screens. So, go out, meet people, and make real connections. Life has too much to offer. It canât all be restricted to a small screen.
Learn to find happiness in the smallest of things. Thatâs the secret to unending happiness.
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Was she really guilty?
Guilty of something? No, there was no chance for she to have been guilty of something that caused pain or heartache to others. Hilda was only a normal lady; a lovely entity made of flesh and bone, that just was looking for somebody to love her, just the way she was.
Why does somebody have to set rules for love? Who said that only the ones that fit in the beauty standards have any right to be loved? Hilda was on this earth to enjoy her own existence, not to please others. Those jealous hearts could keep talking trash about her. She had no time for bitter words. They could stay forever in the darkness, hiding behind their own fears. But she was more determined to keep her head up. There was no reason to hide in shame. Love is always a tender flower, lightening all hearts up. There’s no use in shaming somebody for loving freely. isn’t that the way love must always be? No being must cage a beautiful bird like love is. Hilda was happy with her truth, so while others tried to keep her down, she would enjoy long days under the sun. She really deserved them.
A true story from an Anonymous
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We all have had our share of pains, bruises, and bumps. These things are what make life more meaningful and memorable.
For me, things were pretty bad and so out of hand that I wanted to kill myself. However, with time, everything fell back into place and life looked way better than before.
Trust me, attracting pain is usually beyond human control. If we are destined to face the harsher realities of life, no protective measure would come in handy. At the end, it will all depend on the will of an individual and how he or she will use that pain to grow stronger.
There are individuals who give in to the pain and trauma while there are superheroes who use these roadblocks as motivation. They start learning, moving towards a positive direction and growing beyond their limitations.
Today, we will be talking about the approach used by these winners to unleash their stronger side.
There are two types of individuals: one who breaks down upon experiencing a barrage of hardships and the other who moves on towards a better life despite the pain.
It took me twenty years to get over nephrotic syndrome, an ailment that nearly damaged my kidneys. I witnessed my fatherâs death. There was my girlfriend who stood by me during the tough days but later on cheated on me with a few other men. All those things happened within a span of two years, leaving me twisted, broken and beyond repair.
However, facing all these wasnât the difficult part. My fatherâs absence made me feel lonely and her betrayal made me an insomniac. I was confused as which pain should I lament to and there were no answers.
Just a blank slate with my teardrops on it.
I am not ashamed to admit that I cried and I cried a lot. This actually helped me vent out the anger for her and the gut-wrenching pain and sadness associated with my fatherâs absence. As a result, my work suffered. I found it hard to concentrate on anything constructive.
I got three huge scars even before I could turn 25. The heart can take only that much but mine kept on asking for newer challenges.
Getting fired from the workplace due to frequent mistakes, getting my right leg fractured, and losing a pet were some of the other roadblocks that sabotaged my growth. There was even a time when I took medicines for depression.
Fast-forward to 5 years later and at 30, I feel that my life has never been better. I have a beautiful wife, a growing business empire and a lovely daughter. Things do look bright but I wouldnât be complacent. Then again, this isnât my story to share. Itâs ours.
You can never learn the right way to deal with pain. You must experience it. Therefore, enumerating points wouldnât make a lot of difference. However, I believe that reading on can help a lot of readers in dealing with emotional pain.
Trust me, the pain isnât going to last forever, but your inner toughness will. Yes, I admit that certain experiences can haunt us for years but every pain-filled moment has an expiry date.
Be self-obsessed. Be in love with yourself. Be a narcissist.
Yes, you wonât find motivational speakers recommend these traits, but they can do you good. The love for your own body and attributes will overshadow the pain which you might be finding hard to deal with.
When in pain, monotony can be the biggest tormentor. This is why you need to hustle down the alley and play a sport, go to the gym or do both. Never allow yourself to be stagnant in situations that haunt you. Become the free-flowing stream which never stagnates or sits at one place.
The day you can accept everything that has happened to you, nothing in this world can torment or torture you anymore.
I could only accept the sudden demise of my father 3 years after the incident. I know he had to go someday, but, sadly, it happened when I least expected it.
My girlfriend cheated on me and this was actually harder to accept because of my ego. However, I love myself way too much to spoil my health and sleep over her betrayal.
Pain often brings disappointment and fear with it and we should stand and face these things head on. Running from them can actually make the pain a lot worse but eventually, weâll be able to go ahead of them.
Believe me, there is no quick fix to killing the pain and the reasons associated with it. You need to live through each and every moment of anguishâ all by yourself.
There can be friends and family members to support you, but this fight is all yours and nobody else can join the combat for you. Pain, inflicted upon us by people or circumstances, is a medium to make us stronger.
Have you ever seen how a piece of iron is forged into something unbreakable?
It needs to undergo massive amounts of heat and pressure before it becomes strong. Similar to that, you can imagine yourself as that piece of raw iron that needs to be strengthened with pain.
1. The only problem with your life is the way you think about it. Objectively, you have everything you could ever want or need, yet your unhappiness simply comes from a lack of appreciation (which is a cultivated trait, if not a practice).
2. The solution to most of your problems is just changing the way you think about them. For example, learning that peopleâs opinions of you are largely projections of how they see themselves would solve your problem which is evaluating your life through the idea of how other people could perceive it.
3. Youâre mentally lazy. You know you should be more present, but you wonât put in the effort to practice it. You know you should meditate and learn to train your brain to focus so it doesnât become engulfed by negativity, but you head to the gym instead. Youâre lazy in the way it matters most, and thatâs your biggest problem.
4. Youâve accomplished things you thought would make you happy and immediately shifted them from âgoalsâ to ânotches on the belt.â Once you achieved something, you immediately started to think of it as âanother thing done,â rather than âanother thing in my life to enjoy.â
5. You havenât practiced holding the emotion of happiness. We all have a tolerance for how âgoodâ weâll let ourselves feel, our âupper limit.â To go past it, we have to actually practice letting ourselves feel â otherwise, weâll self-sabotage to bring ourselves back to our comfort zones.
6. You care more about comfort than you do about change. Youâd rather remain moderately uncomfortable than deal with the unknownness that is making a real change in your life.
7. You consciously choose to spend time with people who arenât âgoodâ for you. Meaning: they donât really care about you, or they inspire you to behave in a way that is counter to what youâre trying to achieve. In other words, they bring out the worst in you, yet you continue to see them anyway.
8. You wonât let your idea of yourself evolve. Youâre stuck in only being comfortable thinking of yourself the way you were 3, 5, 10 years ago, because thatâs how other people are comfortable seeing you.
9. You choose what you think should be right rather than what actually is. Youâre more loyal to the ideas you have about things than the honest reality you know them to be.
10. You wonât apologize. To yourself nor to others. Youâre not open to being wrong, and certainly not to taking the ego-hit that is admitting you didnât always do your best. Yet, doing this is the first step in changing that.
11. You havenât fully taken responsibility for your life â youâre still waiting for something to come and change how you feel. Often, people choose to suffer loudly because they believe it is a âcry to the Universe,â as in, if they are transparent enough about how bad things are, something or someone else will eventually have to fix or change them.
12. Youâve ascribed happiness to a level of accomplishment rather than a state of being. You think that only some people can be happy because their life circumstances are ideal, rather than choosing seek happiness in the moment and realizing that has nothing to do with it.
13. You think that âhappinessâ is a sustained state of feeling âgood.â What it really is is a higher âbaselineâ for perception. You are better able to process every emotion, and because you do so healthfully, you return to your general state of contentment quickly.
14. You accept what youâre taught even if it doesnât feel right. Youâre more trusting of dogma, teaching or religion simply because you knew it first, not because it resonates or helps you in a real way.
15. You have a good life, and you know you have a good life. At the end of the day, you know itâs just about choosing to focus on it more.
