Category: life lessons
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25 Disturbing Things I Did When I Was Depressed as Hell That I Never Told Anyone About
Learn from my mistakes before it is too late. The problem with depression is that when you want to realize that you are depressed, it is already too late. I spent years depressed without realizing I was depressed. I was raised in a culture where men were not allowed to cry and were not authorized to…
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5 Reasons Why You’re (Probably) Ruining Your Life. And You Don’t Realize It.
#4. You are blind to the gifts and blessings around you. 1. You start the house from the roof I want you to burn these words into your heart, “To fix the chaos outside, you must first fix the inside.” Years ago, I got something in my eye. I went to the hospital, and the doctor put…
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Three Things I Had to Forgive and Forget to Get Out of Hell
#2. I forgot my enemies. I remember when everything went wrong. I remember the pain. I remember the rage. I remember the helplessness. I remember the humiliation. I remember the shame. I remember the smell of the f*cking pillow soaked with tears. I remember the feel of the sheet I covered myself with so that not…
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Three Spiritual Lessons From My 92-year-old Grandfather to Facing Bad Times
My grandfather’s secrets for dealing with life. My grandfather was the most spiritual person I have ever met.His spirituality was practical. And his faith makes him survive a childhood full of hunger, the Spanish civil war, the second world war, 36 years of dictatorship, and the digital age 🙂 His faith made him prosper, but above all,…
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11 Helpful Life Lessons I’ve Learned at 41 That I Wish I’d Known at 21
#1. F*ck the monk mode. If I could write to my past self, I would quote Oscar Wilde, “You must read this letter from the first letter to the last, though every word penetrates you like fire, or like a surgeon’s scalpel.” And then, I’d detail a list of 10 essential survival lessons. But since I…
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Three Quick Lessons to Turn a Bad End Into a Good Beginning
#3 — Honor the one in your present. When the universe takes something away from you, it is to make room and bless you with something better. — Even if you can’t (or don’t want to) see it. Many times you don’t want to let go of that job that has you bitter with a lemony face, that friendship that…
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Three Disturbing Life Lessons From the Most Mysterious Book I Have Ever Read
#3 — Act only when you’re prepared. Imagine that there is a descendant of one of the greatest military geniuses in history who continued the most famous work of his ancestor. Imagine that this lost manuscript was found thousands of years after his death. Imagine that it is found in the year 1972 written on f*cking bamboo…
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Brainwash Yourself to Change Your Reality
If you don’t brainwash yourself, someone else will do it. In this society, it is impossible to escape from retail segmentation. Companies buy your data packets to know what you do, where you go, and your tastes; they offer you their products and services. You may think advertisement doesn’t work. Wrong! It does work. In the 20th…
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4 Disturbing Lessons I Learned After More Than 15 Years of Being a Multi-substance Addict.
#3. You can turn any healthy activity into an addiction. Some years ago, a regular day in my life was composed of, I have lived this live style from seventeen to thirty-something. Thank God, today I’m clean. But those years at the edge taught me some unsettling lessons I want to share with you. 1.…
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Tired of Doing Things Right, and Nobody Appreciates Them? This Might Help
Remember: It’s not about them; it’s about you. Imagine you go on vacation, and someone breaks into your house. Upon your return, you realize that someone has been living in your house, not because they stole anything, but because your laundry basket is empty. Someone cleaned, ironed, and tidied your clothes. Someone fixed that wall clock…