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How to Develop Sexual and Romantic Attraction to People Who Are Good for You. We can’t force our sexual attractions. Most of us have learned that the hard way. Yet, there’s something profound that most of us have never been taught: Although sexual attractions can’t be controlled, they can be educated. This post will teach some ways to cultivate sexual and romantic attraction to people who are kind, respectful and available. Even if you’re relentlessly attracted to bad-boys or bad-girls, or to unavailable people, you can still develop this capacity! These suggestions are not gimmicks, they are the lifelong skills of romance and intimacy—the very same skills you will use to keep passion alive in your next serious relationship. . The Attraction Spectrum. Quotes to live by. Why We Fear our Deepest Gifts. Self-improvement is often no more than self-criticism in an alluring outfit.

Why We Fear our Deepest Gifts

Our culture focuses obsessively on the endless quest for improvement, but there’s a much more thrilling area of inquiry: What parts of ourselves are aching for expression, and why do we flee their heat? Our quest for self-improvement is usually booby-trapped from the start, because it begins with the tyranny of comparison—how can we become the person we we should be?

A classic twelve-step slogan carries the warning “compare and despair”--and that’s often just what happens when we fix ourselves in order to find love or earn self-esteem . The hours we spend fixating upon our personal "drive to excellence" are often hours spent avoiding the core gifts of our being. What are these “core gifts?” Instead of white-knuckling our way to a more successful self, we might instead practice identifying the gifts that are in us , and to learn wise ways to bear their magnificent heat and existential challenge. Your Birthday, Your Tree and their meanings (wowzone.com) WOW Poetry, lyrics, music, stories, classics, Wish Only Well. Find your birthday and its corresponding tree.

Your Birthday, Your Tree and their meanings (wowzone.com) WOW Poetry, lyrics, music, stories, classics, Wish Only Well

Then, see the meaning behind it below. Do you recognize yourself? APPLE TREE (the Love) - of slight build, lots of charm, appeal, and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination. Funding My Existence. It appears we are living at the dawn of a new era.

Funding My Existence

Throughout our culture we see signs of change, progress, and evolution. A "Creative Class" is on the rise that -- with the help of the Internet and other related technologies -- will reportedly transform our entire socio-economic system. And yet, at the same time, something is amiss. Much of this so-called Creative Class can only prosper by finding work within the current corporate infrastructure, resulting in very little actual creativity or innovation. The very ones who might create the necessary change in society must expend their time and energy worrying about "making a living. " For those who have been diagnosed "abnormal" by our society, this problem is especially prevalent. The most creative visionaries often cannot function adequately in modern society.

It is time that we break out of this double-bind. For some of us, a "job" or a "career" is not the answer. We've spent enough time talking about futuristic visions of society. Some Reflections on Raising Hapa-Haole kids. How do you feel about other people having sex? : asexuality. Native American Code Of Ethics. I recently found these Native American code of ethics - I am unsure of where this originated and of it’s accuracy.

Native American Code Of Ethics

Regardless of where it originated, I like it and I wanted to pass it on. So much common sense, a great respect for the earth and everything that calls it home. I’m a big nature and animal lover so of course I’m posting it. No Native American culture was perfect, but the Europeans could have learned from them. Native American Code Of Ethics Rise with the sun to pray. Thanks for visiting! Comments containing racism & ignorance will NOT be approved, there is no room for that here. 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind. Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself.

40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind

Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. You know you’re a raw foodist when… Stealing Raspberry’s idea on Roger’s forum, I’m posting my contributions here.

You know you’re a raw foodist when…

If anyone wants to add to it, leave the ideas in the comments and I’ll put them in and give credit where credit is due! You know you’re a raw foodist when… You don’t read labels any more. You’re on a mission to try every kind of fruit that grows on Mother Earth. A dinner salad in a restaurant is an appetizer. You get banned from every “all you can eat” salad bar in the area.

You don’t burn your hand fixing dinner.