expectations

Stressors of Comfort and Security

This Science News article, The mess that is stress, ties right into my last post, “Right state of peaceful mind”. Notice how the lightening bolt in the graphic (left) points to the brain, and from there down through the rest of the body. The article puts it this way: “The effect of stress starts in […]

What Climate Catastrophy?

In the mid 80’s much in science was pointing to a looming climate catastrophe. I stressed over this for a few years and then felt… Que Sera, Sera. I see now, 30 years later, that it is going down just like the computer models indicated. These models were not warning of climate warming per se. […]

Science Proves Buddha Right!

Another nail has been driven into the coffin of faith-based thinking. Watch this short video, Low Expectations = Happiness, that outlines how we shoot ourselves in the foot through expectations born of wishful thinking. This is not to say expectations aren’t useful or natural. Indeed, considered from a symptoms point of view, I realize they […]

Is Gen Y Unhappy?

A friend sent me an interesting article. It points out much of the same causes for unhappiness that I see, so at first I accepted it without much question. Soon, however, it began to nag at me. Something didn’t exactly mesh; there was more too it. If you’re interested, this Why Generation Y Yuppies Are […]

Change we can believe in?

I find it amusing how frustrated people are with President Obama. It is a classic example of how one’s expectations are the seeds of one’s disappointments. It also shows people’s lack of maturity. Maturity for me comes down to how gracefully I can accept a reality that doesn’t match my expectations. Children get their hopes […]

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