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 Every time we enter a room of people, we make choices based upon our attractions: Whom do we notice? Our attractions are forged in the deep space of our being, born of countless, often unknowable forces.
This explains part of why we get so awkward and insecure around people we’re intensely attracted to. Quotes to live by. Why We Fear our Deepest Gifts. Self-improvement is often no more than self-criticism in an alluring outfit. 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. 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. At our core, we are all tender. 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. 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. ASH TREE (the Ambition) - uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with fate, can be egotistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over the heart, but takes partnership very seriously.
BEECH TREE (the Creative) - has good taste, concerned about its looks, materialistic, good organization of life and career, economical, good leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable, splendid lifetime companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports, etc.) Funding My Existence. It appears we are living at the dawn of a new era. 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 | Saved by Slow Death.
I recently found these Native American code of ethics - I am unsure of where this originated and of it’s accuracy. 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. Tags: America, American, American Indian, culture, dignity, earth, ethics, honor, human interest, Indigenous, indigenous people, love, Native American, nature, positive psychology, respect, social philosophy, spirituality. 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.
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. Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com Related 40 Questions Everyone is Afraid to Ask Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. April 13, 2012 In "Aspirations" 40 Questions that Will Quiet Your Mind Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers … because asking the right questions is the answer.
August 5, 2015 In "Happiness" 25 Photo-Illustrated Reminders to Help You Find Happiness. You know you’re a raw foodist when… | AWESOME TO BE RAWSOME. Stealing Raspberry’s idea on Roger’s forum, I’m posting my contributions here. 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. You pack your cooler as well as your clothes when you go visiting. You know how to fix bananas 46 different ways (and counting). You don’t drink nearly as much water as you once did but it hasn’t cut down on the trips to the bathroom. The biggest mixing bowl you own has been turned into your personal salad bowl. You dust off the sewing machine and take up your clothes. Your compost pile grows at an alarming rate.
You don’t buy food in boxes and cans any more. Juicy Fruit isn’t just a brand of gum any more.