A cappella [ah kuh–pel–uh]: singing without instrumental accompaniment 1-) Happy Birthday is usually sung a…
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.
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.
Love is vital to the survival and thriving of the human species. Without love, babies…
Serendipity [ser-uh n-dip-i-tee]: Good luck; fortune 1-) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming famously invented Pencillin by accident—call…
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists
Arcane [ahr-keyn]: obscure; understood by a few people only. 1-) The professor’s arcane instructions were…
Your accent is the first thing people notice when you speak in a foreign language.…
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
Grandiose [gran-dee-ohs]: grand, especially in a showy or excessive fashion. 1-) The charismatic politician was…
Recently I noticed my thoughts trending in the wrong direction. Challenging life circumstances seemed to…
All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.
Infantile [in-fuhn-tahyl]: babyish, childish 1-) The teenager was despised for his infantile behavior. 2-) Infantile…
Our culture is littered with misconceptions about sleep. I often hear things like “If you…
A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
We like to have fun on this blog. And sometimes that fun involves pain. Here…
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Mesmerize [mez-muh-rahyz]: to fascinate or amaze 1-) The street performer mesmerized audiences with his powerful…
By accepting life before it happens, and letting go of your inner resistance to all things you cannot change, you unlock true emotional freedom from all of your self-imposed emotional pain.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the cause of depression described as…
It is often said that everything happens for a reason, but you must embrace the perspective that it’s never a reason that is predetermined or out of your control. It is always your responsibility to choose the most empowering reasons for the occurrences of your life.
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
It seems like every month a new challenge makes its waves across the internet. Some…
Happiness is impermanent, like everything else. In order for happiness to be extended and renewed, you have to learn how to feed your happiness. Nothing can survive without food, including happiness; your happiness can die if you don’t know how to nourish it. If you cut a flower but you don’t put it in some water, the flower will wilt in a few hours. Even if happiness is already manifesting, we have to continue to nourish it.
