The small things in life are the big things. Make all the small, seemingly insignificant changes you can think of and watch your life radically change.
Author: Ben Peters
I'm a 20-something year old from the American Midwest passionate about using knowledge and the power of the mind to improve the quality of life. I enjoy researching, traveling, and connecting with people from around the world. I started this blog to share the discoveries that have improved my life and to learn from readers with access to this page.
The most important conversation you will ever have is the conversation you have with yourself.
Music is the quickest way to induce feelings of happiness, sadness, anger, or excitement. Today…
Mellow [mel-oh]: calm, relaxed; V. To mellow (out) 1-) Mellow people often seek to live…
Decipher [dih-sahy-fer]: to solve, to decode (a mystery, riddle, problem) 1-) Only the world’s leading…
When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.
Amor vincit omnia et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all, therefore let us yield ourselves to love.
Courage is the skill of powering through resistance toward a defined objective. It takes courage…
Elastic [ih-las-tik]: bouncing back easily; flexible N. Elasticity 1-) Rubber bands are best known for…
We quickly get offended when people criticize us or gossip about us behind our backs, and understandably so. But what if we took a moment to remember all the wrong things we’ve said and done in our lives (or thought) that nobody knows about. The truth is we are a lot worse than people think. Remember this when you feel tempted to get offended, even if people are not being truthful or giving you a fair shake. What should offend us is the garbage we allow our minds to be polluted with—the same bad energy we recycle back into the world. It’s more important to have a pure heart than a pure reputation. And, at the end of the day, it’s the only thing we have control over.
Light is one of the most important factors influencing sleep quality. Our body naturally regulates…
In (one’s) element: doing what one does best or enjoys. 1-) Some people find camping…
Stress makes you believe that everything has to happen now. Faith reassures you that everything will happen when the time is right.
Throw the baby out with the bathwater: To discard something valuable and something not valuable…
FYI, I made a Twitter for the blog a few weeks ago. I’ve been posting…
Redundant [ri-duhn-duhnt]: wordy or repetitive 1-) Redundant writing styles are not popular in a society…
On this blog, I’ve shared many insights drawn from a rigorous fasting discipline over the…
Superfluous [soo–pur-floo-uhs]: more than needed; unnecessary excessive 1-) The teacher failed the student for his…
Forgive yourself for not knowing then what you know now.
Outsized [out-sahyz]: unusually large 1-) The NBA player hired a custom tailor to fulfill his…
A cappella [ah kuh–pel–uh]: singing without instrumental accompaniment 1-) Happy Birthday is usually sung a…
Imagine you have $86,400 in your account and someone steals $10 from you. Will you be upset and throw all of the $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person that took your $10? Or move on and live? Move on and live, right. See, we all have 86,400 seconds every day, so don’t let someone’s negative 10 seconds ruin the rest of the 86,390. Don’t sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that.
Bedevil [bih-dev–uh l]: to torment or harass 1-) Trauma tends to bedevil its victims. 2-) The…
Hack your past with forgiveness. Hack your present with mindfulness. Hack your future with I am enough.
Assert [uh–surt]: To state with confidence or assurance; adj. assertive 1-) To assert something is…
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.
Word of the Day is a fun idea I came up with to help my…
A shark in a fish tank will grow to be 8 inches, but in the ocean it will grow to 8 feet or more. A shark will never outgrow its environment and the same is true about you. Change your environment and watch your growth accelerate.
According to recent data from the World Happiness Report and General Social Survey (link), Americans…
Vicious [vish–uhs]: Nasty, vile, or malicious 1-) The editorial on the local mayor was characterized…
Enlighten [en-lahyt-n-muh nt]: to give knowledge to; n. Enlightenment 1-) The age of enlightenment in European…
I hated haircuts growing up. Haircuts were what you got when your parents or the…
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what’s there: all of it.
You are killing yourself for a job that would replace you in a week if you dropped dead. Take care of yourself.
In 1999, Jordan Belfort pleaded guilty to fraud for stock market manipulation and related crimes…
Curtail [ker-teyl ]: Reduce, minimize 1-) The budget decreases meant that legislators would need to…
In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
Fluency is the ultimate goal of studying a foreign language. Fluent speakers can express themselves…
I am not a morning person. I get most of my work done at night…
Magnesium is one of those super minerals you’ve probably already heard your mother talk about.…
One of the biggest things that separates human beings from animals is the future. As…
Regenerative [ri-jen-er-uh-tiv, –uh-rey-tiv]: able to regenerate. 1-) Modern science has uncovered that neurons are regenerative.…
The Toronto Raptors’ championship run not only brought Canada and Toronto it’s first ever NBA…
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
When Denzel Washington speaks, people listen. Even the characters he plays in movies like American…
Prodigious [pruh–dij–uhs]: great in size, amount, etc 1-) The young musician had a prodigious talent.…
To bring anything into your life, imagine that it’s already there.
People traveling to the United States for the first time often don’t know what to…
Voluminous [vuh–loo-muh-nuhs]: of great volume, size, or extent 1-) None of the politicians read the…
What is it about me that others would change if they could?
Impeccable [im-pek–uh-buhl]: perfect, flawless 1-) The foreigner’s accent was impeccable. 2-) Paintings are rarely impeccable…
The average person speaks around 15-25,000 words in a day. Going a day without conversation…
Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anytime. Try it at home, work, school —or anywhere! The more you cultivate compassion the more will be your fulfillment, resilience, patience, grit, endurance and equanimity.
