TranscendingThoughts

I was waiting to arrive at Port Authority at around 6:30 in the morning.   All along on the bus, all I could think about was where I was right now in my life and how unhappy I was.   I felt like I was wasting my time doing something that literally sucked the life out of me.   I wanted to pursue my passion and dedication as a writer full time.   My job at the time was great.   I worked in the Helmsley Building in New York City.   I worked with people who genuinely cared about me.   Yet, I was still unhappy.   Standing in Port Authority, looking around at all the other people rushing to work, I knew what had to be done.   In the new few moments, I called out of my job, called my fiancé, and left on the next bus back to Jersey.   It’s the little moments in life that are often overlooked, drowned in the routine of our everyday life.   We often find ourselves conforming to society’s standards and this leaves us unfulfilled. ...

   There are moments when life gets overly complicated and there is a need to just get away from the stress.   I was never the type of person who was able to make friends easy or express myself when I felt overwhelmed.   I often just held in my feelings and exploded when I couldn’t take anymore.   I was that person who would start a conversation or a friendship and just disappear for a long time.   It wasn’t until a point in my life that I had decided to cut myself off from the world for 3 years of my life.   I had made up my mind that people were not worth talking to, that I was too strange to talk to others, and that others could not understand me when I spoke.   Once I cut myself off, I remained isolated.   Not engaging in any activities or having conversations with anyone, not even my own family.   My only thought was “what’s the point of trying?”      Reflecting on this, I am grateful I took the time to spen...

Our daily lives are set in motion by how we see ourselves.   This is usually inclusive of both conscious and unconscious thoughts.   How we perceive ourselves can determine whether or not we feel we are deserving to take certain risks and can influence our reaction to choices that we make.   If we have strong positive self-worth, we are more likely to be satisfied with our decisions. In contrast, if we see ourselves in a negative light, we are less likely to find satisfaction in our choices and often find and define our lives as unstable.   Thinking about this topic, I proposed some questions to myself. How does an individual measure their own self-worth? Is tangible or is it possible that we hold ourselves to society’s standards of what is acceptable and then make our assumptions? It is no secret that people wear masks in public, around their families, or even perhaps when they are alone.   These masks are a reflection of how they view their own self...

It takes one moment for your mind to completely destroy itself.   The power of the mind is incredible, isn’t it?   I sat at my fiance’s house and all I could do was focus on my flaws.   I latched onto them and kept repeating them over in my head, ignoring all of the positive qualities that I possess. Now, I ask myself, what made me do that? I can blame it on my insecurities, but what was it really?   Why was I so unhappy with myself?   I have always believed that the mind is a powerful force on its own. What we think manifests into our world.   If you think negatively, then negative things are more likely to happen because you are only looking for the negative. On the other hand, when we think positive thoughts, we are more likely to see the good that is offered daily. I always understood that we need to remember is the importance of focusing where we are directing our energy. Everything has an intention of whether we realize it or not. ...