I Am Trying to Break My Bad HabitsTo everyone in this group - good luck, cause this stuff ain't easy. Still - I've broken some pretty major league bad habits in myself, so no matter how iffy the path forward often seems, I at least know that real change is possible.
I Believe A Guy And A Girl Can Be Just FriendsI don't know if it's like this for everyone - but for me, only certain women set off a spark in me - only a small percent. The rest, I have no interest in beyond the platonic. I *cannot* be just friends with someone who sparks me - but I honestly...See More »
I Am Against All Forms Of AbuseOkay, so I just read a long, detailed thingie about Scientology, it's history, it's tenants, and how the organization operates. I'm now officially convinced that Scientology is the worst kind of criminal cult. The creator of Scientology originally...See More »
I Believe Actions Speak Louder Than WordsAny pattern of behavior, emotion, or action that a person does regularly toward other people will eventually be turned on you. When you see someone in your life treating others in a certain way again and again - then know that that's your future.
I Need A Place Away From EverythingOkay, so I'm in a really emotionally messy place right now. I have been for a few days. EP needs to have a "messy" mood option. Honestly, half the time the list doesn't include an option for how I'm feeling at a given time, or the ones that do apply...See More »
I Am Against All Forms Of AbuseI love how at every job I've ever worked, they have these long, detailed policies posted about how discrimination/harassment/etc ba<x>sed on race, gender, etc won't be tolerated. Okay, great - I'm glad that that particular subset of bullying isn't...See More »
I Know There Are Good People In This WorldA good person takes responsibility for the things that are their responsibility. They don't schluff those responsibilities off onto other people. A good person cares about the effect their actions have on other people. A good person has a reasonably...See More »
I Know There Are Good People In This WorldI was putting together info for a job application when I came across an article about my old boss at the job I had years ago. He died last year from an untreatable degenerative condition. Considering how rushed news sites are nowadays, the article...See More »
I Am a Deep ThinkerWhen bad things happen, people always want someone to blame. Some group or individual that can be the sole cause of what happened. They feel angry, and want a target for their anger. It's like when school shootings happen, and people blame some...See More »
I Am Against BullyingIf you bully someone ba<x>sed on race/gender/etc, then the system actually does something about it (thumbs up). But if you bully someone because you're an asshole, then the system's perfectly okay with it. Workplace, schoolyard - it's the same thing....See More »
I'd Rather Have the Truth, No Matter How HardYou know when you ask some people a question, you know before they even open their mouths that they're going to twist their answer ba<x>sed on something they're trying to accomplish? Not just selfish jerks - but people who are super diplomatic, or...See More »
I Battle Depression--Suicide isn't about wanting to die-- Someone can have all the potential in the world. They can be a prodigy with incredible talent. They can have a lot of other things too - money, beauty, and a thousand pieces of gold. But if they're not happy...See More »
I Love Abandoned PlacesFor me it's all about emergence. I think of emergence as things that are surrounded by intentionally designed things, but that in and of themselves are spontaneous. Like the experience of exploring an abandoned building. The building was designed,...See More »
I Wtk Your New Years ResolutionsI can't even remember the last time I made one of these, but this year I decided to use New Year's as an excuse to do something that I've been meaning to do for a long time: I resolved that throughout 2015, I'm going to try new things, expand my...See More »
I Believe There Is Always Hope Shining ThroughFeelings are transitory. Even a pure-black depression can end. Sometimes people hold onto sadness and pain for years or even decades, because they're not willing to let go of the things that hold them in that pain - but there's always hope. Even if...See More »
I Want Personal Growth--Choosing to become a better person, or a worse one-- There can be a state of soul against which Love itself is powerless because it has hardened itself against Love... a repudiation which is eternal precisely because it has become, in itself,...See More »
I Cut Off Ties With My Biological FamilyMy parents were bad people. I left because I wanted to live a better life and be a better person than I could ever have been living in their shadow.
I Believe Maturity Comes With Experience, Not AgeBeing old is like being intelligent or being rich - it opens doors both toward and away from wisdom. Being intelligent can let you look more deeply at things to cut through pretense and find the truth, or it can make you think you're so smart that...See More »
I Want Real ConnectionsEvery part of myself that I hold back from another person builds a wall between me and them. Knowing this hasn't magically stopped me from putting up walls. Hell, some walls are a good thing. But still - I'm working on letting people see me more and...See More »
I Wait For Someone to Talk to Me FirstNot always - but they at least have to do their fair share of opening the door.
I Don't Believe Everything Im ToldWe all have two belief systems - The things we BELIEVE we believe, and the things we actually try to live our lives by. Most people don't realize this, or recognize the difference between the two in their own lives. If you spend some time looking...See More »
I Am Always Improving Myself--The Temptation of Powerlessness-- If you want to change something in your life, start from the assumption that you aren't powerless. Although most people don't realize it, it's actually incredibly tempting to see yourself as powerless against the...See More »
I Am Always Improving MyselfLife is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult - once we truly understand it and accept it - then life is no...See More »