#i wish you to have the ability to differentiate them from your intuition!!!

[psychelis-new]

pick a pile: "Yes or No?"

take a breath and think about a question of any type; then choose the photo/number that calls you the most to read your answer.

don’t take the reading too seriously. only take what resonates with you and leave the rest. if you're not called by any pile, let this reading slid as it may not hold messages for you. if you're called by more than one, there may be messages in each of those piles. remember that is a general reading and some things may not resonate with you. energies can change and readings are based on present ones (as you read); you're always in charge of your life.

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pile 1

answer: yes both if you're asking about a relationship of any type or career, yes. it's time for a change in your situation (mostly so if it's a new/first relationship or job). So take a step back (you're trying to rush things?), breathe, relax, take your time, learn from the past and reach further. don't settle for something you feel it's not for you. you can have what you want, just let it reach you as well and give it/yourself time.

song: nowhere fast (instrumental) | ateller (meditation/introspection highly needed)

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answer: maybe (yes) there's something you cannot control in this situation and you just need to let things be and let fate work/trust (prob. a new relationship). things will very likely turn to a better outcome the moment you stop this continuos inner/self battling, find your balance and learn to stand up for yourself (boundaries! don't let others take the best of you, do not gift yourself away: you won't be alone forever).

song: once upon a time | down low

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answer: no, atm. I feel you are in pain but for now, you need to work on yourself and find your own happiness and not let it depend on anyone else. be aware of your worth: it doesn't depend on anyone else's opinion of you and... do not give up on your wish anyway. even if this is not the answer you'd like to read, nothing is lost. find your strenght. this is a moment to recollect for you, things will improve after this time. take care, clarity will hit you soon too.

song: lauren | men i trust

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answer: maybe there's something you need to learn, also about yourself (it could be your abilities to be more focused/organized or it could be you need to go away/travel). whatever is blocking you or scaring you, challenge it, don't let it stop you from reaching what you want. I feel you already have a feeling, but you don't trust yourself and keep asking for confirmations. let yourself believe by starting to understand you are worthy and deserve what you want (drink your water!).

song: got it in you | banners

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answer: yes you may misinterpret your feelings/intuition at times, but that's okay. it happens especially under stress and when our wounded ego comes in between with all their doubts and fears/insecurities. try to take a breath and regain control over yourself (mind). learn how to differentiate your intuition from your false beliefs (intuition is sudden and you have no clue of its reasons, false beliefs come as a reaction and you can find reasons for them). stay positive cause sometimes the bad moments are needed but they pass soon and... keep on dreaming!

song: release | editors

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answer: no why do I feel relief though? is this something you're asking something you're kinda worried/scared about? I think so, prolly related to love but not for everyone (career/school too). yeah, your emotions are running high at this time... try to focus on something else. take a moment for you, take a break, rebalance (breathing techniques or meditation are suggested) keep your hopes high and just... let things work out the way they are supposed to. don't worry, don't stress. it's gonna go well.

song: a thousand years | christina perri

#pac #pick a card #pick a pile #yes or no #divination #clairs readings #psychic readings #intuitive messages #intuitive readings #pac reading #pac tarot #tarot readings #tarot reading #pick a card tarot #pick a pile tarot #pick a photo #pick a picture

[woiizakiie]

Compulsory Question 2

My vision statement comes from a place of good intentions and not that of a strong Ego. As mentioned, I do not possess the ability to imagine. Therefore, I always feel lacking whenever I create because I am held back from what I want to do and lack the imagination. I always feel I perform best when I am able to give my input and collaborate with others to create something spectacular. 

I always had a profound respect for people who have the confidence to give out structured feedback despite it not being something anyone who had spent time to create something would like to hear. Giving feedback is not as simple as naming things you like or dislike. Whenever friends come for feedback, I abstain from giving them lip-service even though it is comfortable. When someone deliberately asks for feedback, they are asking for guidance.

What’s interesting is that the answer can only stem from the creator themselves. After all, it is not your work nor are you being credited for it. One must learn to ask the right questions and challenge their thought process to really help them solidify what they wish to achieve with their designs, and to be decisive with their rationale. This in a way gives them confidence because they were able to surmise a conclusion from your prompts.Done right, it empowers not only them, but oneself as well. When we are able to ask quality questions and challenge peoples’ ideas, it would make decision-making internally easier in application to personal designs as well. Everybody has their inner critic within themselves be it in the form of a differentiating voice in their heads or based on intuition. Majority of people whom I talked to agree that one’s inner critic is often harsh and unapologetic. But why does that have to be the case? If we were self aware and fine tuned this ability, I believe that we could hone an impressive skill that would set us apart from restless individuals who design things half heartedly and in turn would make people want to work with us more.

“I would say that an understanding of man's intrinsic needs, and of the necessity to search for a climate in which those needs could be realised, is fundamental to the education of the designer.”

― Paul Rand

A work that resonates is Paul Rand’s IBM Logo.

The IBM logo especially showcases numeral design principles. He shared that it is important to ensure logos are treated with the same respect one’s company wishes to be looked upon. In this example, The design he created for IBM is successful in showcasing movement and progress, the horizontal lines representing speed and dynamism. This aligns with the technological achievements associated with IBM. 

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IBM Logo : https://www.ibm.com/brand/experience-guides/developer/brand/logo/

#design principles #paul rand #graphic design #self awareness #discipline #timeless design #school project #cts #lasalle

[enamouredfae]

Feedback: Hi! 💕 Thank you so much for the reading it really resonated with me so much!

I was kinda shocked when this opportunity got mentioned to me but in a good way. Then along the way, the fear of the unknown - like not having all the answers - stopped me from moving forward and I have been in my head overthinking it. I have got messages of getting out of my head and being more optimistic and not focusing on the negative of it and letting go of the past like not letting the things from the past that didn't work out stop me from moving forward. And sometimes I do have trouble listening to my heart even though most of the times I know what the best thing to do is, but not gonna lie having intrusive thoughts sometimes blocks me but I am definitely getting better at picking my thoughts. Also the I have heard the message of 'taking the leap of faith' a loooot lately from other readings that I watched on YouTube and in general. And I think this is all part of the process like all these fears arising and having to face them and in spite of them making me feel insecure and blocked to keep choosing moving forward and taking action for my future.

I will try not to be stubborn and ask for help from my loved ones.

And the symbols that you picked up also resonate with me like the first one is really how I've been feeling lately and now that I think about it I have been getting a loot of signs and synchronicities since Aries season, also in the readings that I watch the Moon card has been popping up and I have been waking up and opening my phone and seeing 11:11.

Overall the reading reasonted with me and my situation and gave me hope and courage in myself to trust myself, my heart and my gut in regards to taking action.

Thank you so so much again for your time and energy for doing this reading for me! Have a nice day! 🌸🕊🧿

(Sorry for the late feedback to the reading T_T)

- BJR🍀

HI Angel!! ♡

WOWOWOW thank you for sharing this with me and for this beautiful and long feedback!!

I'm glad it gave you courage! I'm proud of you! It was a pleasure to read your oracles ✧

DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THE "LATE" FEEDBACK, GIVING ME ONE AT ALL IS APPRECIATED, WHENEVER IT COMES!! ♡

#thank you for the feedback #awwn man intrusive thoughts are the worst #i wish you to have the ability to differentiate them from your intuition!!!

[ill-be-istj-if-no-one-else-is]

Peace! It's nice to meet you, fellow mbti person! I'm so glad to have stumbled upon an ISTJ who is into typology! I have a request. I typed Elsa from Frozen in a post (I'll tag you) and I argued that she is not an ISTJ. I wanted to know what you thought, particularly if I made any mistakes in understanding the ISTJ personality type. Thank you so much in advance! I hope it's not too much of a bother. I'm an INTP btw.

Hi,

I want to start out with the following: for anyone reading, do not make a habit of having me analyze your posts about fictional characters. I am happy to help you type yourself, or answer questions about MBTI. However, in case it was not clear from the fact that I have only typed fictional characters in response to direct questions, that my answers have typically been very brief, and that I’ve repeatedly directed people to blogs that specifically focus on character typing, I’m not really interested. I should note: I had fun because I love picking up my metaphorical red pen and writing “wrong” over every other sentence, but it did also take me like an hour and a half and it’s over 3 pages long, and I don’t have time to do that regularly.

With all that said, the post had sufficient issues with both basic logical argument structure (I would very strongly recommend you revisit that INTP typing of yourself and look at something with high Fe instead) as well as understanding of MBTI that, because you asked directly, I will go through said issues. I want to make it very clear: this is going to be harsh. For both that and for the length I’m putting it below a read-more such that if you were looking for a brief thumbs up or down and not for extensive criticism, you are welcome to ignore it, block me, or whatever is best for you.

Basic argument structure: you open repeatedly with the most subjective arguments - that she gives off Fi and Ni vibes and you don’t see the Si in her. This will convince no one but yourself.

This argument is also mostly focused on “other people think this, but I don’t” which I find is only useful in a process of elimination argument. We’ll get to the final typing eventually but it is generally stronger to argue in favor of what you believe and then address potential disagreement rather than the reverse; by the time you get to ISFP I’ve read so many incorrect assumptions and subjective asides that I’ve long since stopped valuing the analysis of the work.

Issues with the ISTJ argument

(note: I have, and continue to type Elsa as an ISTJ so this will be the longest section in that I’m both pointing out flaws and arguing in favor of ISTJ; the rest will be solely focused on MBTI misconceptions or logical fallacy).

While it’s true people often mistake trauma for Si, this argument seems to equate trauma with being stuck in the past (people can just be stuck in the past without trauma for whatever other reason - it’s not healthy but it does not necessarily indicate literal trauma). There is also a false opposition here: It’s absolutely valid to argue that Elsa is traumatized, but that does not preclude her having Si, merely removes one argument in favor of Si.

You define Si (gathering concrete details to understand what to expect) but don’t actually argue why Elsa doesn’t do this. I’d argue, in opposition to the statement later in this paragraph, that she does. She is aware from the past that her abilities can harm her sister. She is aware from her past that when she avoided Anna, Anna was safe. She hasn’t been happy with the “conceal don’t feel” line, but it has achieved her goals and her expectation is that she’ll hurt someone if she stops following it.

If you’re referring to an Si-Fi loop (wallowing in self-pity), it doesn’t use Te since that’s how loops work. You don’t explicitly say this is in the context of looping although you introduce looping in the second sentence, but if you are referring to a loop this is incorrect. It’s true that ISTJs are often likely to use Si (preference for familiar/existing structures) and an Fi understanding of morality to direct their energies when they wish to change something (ie, they will change things through existing channels) but the focus on speaking out about injustice here is much more in line with enneagram 1 - a very common enneatype for ISTJs and an enneatype that’s rare for any non-TJ types, but not the enneatype I’d give Elsa nor an inherent ISTJ trait itself.

The part about self-discipline is mixed - a lot of ISTJs are very disciplined in certain areas (particularly professional/familial) but can neglect the self (not getting enough exercise/not eating well, not addressing burnout or more emotional issues) and I’d argue again, Elsa shows this: she’s not addressing the fact that she’s lonely and miserable, but she’s highly disciplined with regards to concealing her abilities and avoiding Anna even though it’s the very thing making her lonely and miserable.

I don’t necessarily think Let It Go is indicative of an Ne grip, but one can make changes outside of a grip, so this isn’t a useful argument, as it argues why an Ne grip is wrong, not why ISTJ is wrong - I would merely argue she’s not gripping at that time. Which is a general issue here: the argument you provide in this paragraph isn’t arguing against ISTJ, it’s arguing against other people’s arguments for ISTJ, which is an important distinction.

The final paragraph of the ISTJ section has numerous issues: ISTJs are not rebellious. They are not as resistant to change as stereotypes indicate, but even a healthier version of ISTJ Elsa would be unlikely to rebel and rather try to understand her parents’ argument, research other options, or look for a way to gain control over her powers while still working within the normal hierarchy. I addressed self-discipline (I should add: I don’t think a child/young woman having difficulty controlling magical powers with no training is an argument against self-discipline; my argument for self-discipline is that she stays in her room and away from her sister despite clearly hating it). It is also, to be blunt, mind-boggling that you (correctly) argue that trauma responses are not inherently Si but then refer to obsessive-compulsive behaviors as Si when that’s also a medical disorder completely divorced from the MBTI framework. Finally, her continuing to follow an order from her parents after they die is first, quite literally the definition of self-discipline (she’s the queen; no one else is going to discipline her for it, after all) and second, entirely in line with Si (this is what she has always done and it’s not great but it works) and is, arguably, if not medically obsessive-compulsive, an obsessive need to follow a compulsion. To be clear: this isn’t healthy ISTJ behavior, but since you’ve acknowledged grips and loops here I think an unhealthy interpretation of the type is very much on the table. You say her behavior is more in line with F types; it’s not and you don’t explain why.

If I may it seems as though, much in line with the argument here being against other arguments but ultimately not debunking the typing, your arguments against MBTI stereotypes focus on what’s incorrect but they tend to merely swing the pendulum to the opposite side (eg, that ISTJs are likely to rebel, in opposition to the stereotype that they’d mindlessly follow orders) rather than find the more nuanced middle ground of how people of a type or with a certain function behave.

Issues with the INFJ and INFP sections:

Ne users can and frequently do go out into the world; simply because Ne can be engaged without external physical stimulation doesn’t mean it never is. I’m also not really a fan of reading being classified as a strictly introverted pursuit; that’s falling into a pretty significant stereotype trap. Going out and exploring is a thing anyone can do but if anything I’d either associate that more strongly with high sensing (either Si or Se) or with extroversion. 

My biggest issue here is the implication that searching for a meaning for existence or a purpose is in itself an indicator of Ni. This is just the human condition. If you’re going to argue that Si users are driven to rebel against injustice I don’t see how you can miss that that might in turn be driven by a belief that this is their purpose. Perhaps Si-Ne users aren’t as invested in having a single purpose, but wondering why you are on this earth and what it is you are here to do is just being a person, and to be blunter than I have been, I am struggling to understand how there has been so much effort made earlier to push away from stereotypes to the point of overcompensation in the opposite direction and then when it comes to the idea that only Ni users have a desire for meaning in life you just accept it without question.

Issues with the ISFP section:

At this point I’ve probably covered most of them though I’d like to point out that I don’t think there was an argument ever made explicitly for introversion; while the structure of the earlier arguments and focus on debunking was, as stated, flawed, I would at least round it out by eliminating ESFP as an option.

The argument here rests heavily on Let it Go, which is interesting because most of the terrible arguments for Elsa being an intuitive also rested squarely on that same brief if admittedly pivotal section of a full movie; in attempting to differentiate itself from those arguments it has in fact replicated the most significant flaws. Anyway, I’ve addressed that I don’t personally think Let it Go being indicative of a grip is how I’d argue for ISTJ, so that becomes invalid; I’ve tried to focus more on issues with logic MBTI than the contents of the movie but I’d add that “she was happy” is open to interpretation and her emotional state was probably fairly complicated. Relieved, sure, but she’s still ultimately isolated. (Also while mentally singing Let it Go, I realized that here’s that rebellion you were asking for in the ISTJ section).

You also outright say that when Elsa tries to reassert control it’s through Te. Yeah. That’s what a high Te user does. An ISTJ in a grip would indeed use Ne, but in quite literally any other circumstance (looping or just existing as an ISTJ not in a grip or loop) would reassert control via Te, so again, your argument does not sufficiently eliminate that Elsa is an ISTJ, just that she’s not a gripping ISTJ, which I’d agree with. 

“She acts out when she is stressed and makes bad decisions” is also the human condition (and why I’ve frequently on my blog argued very strongly against typing via stress behaviors, because in the end most people...act out and make bad decisions when stressed), so this isn’t useful as an argument for anything.

In conclusion: multiple misconceptions about Ni and Si; no argument that I could find presented for high Fi, just Fi in general; inconsistency regarding whether or not Elsa rebels, and an overall reliance not on making a new argument but on arguing why other arguments were wrong. Given the title of the post you asked me to analyze I have to (admittedly this is extremely cynical of me) wonder if there was an underlying goal to come up with a typing that was different from commonly accepted arguments, rather than to simply type for its own sake. 

#mbti #character typing #istj #seireinocookies

[whitehotharlots]

Previewing the 2024 Democrat Primary

Within a couple weeks of his being sworn in, just about every person on earth will wish Joe Biden was no longer president. Sure, the few surviving John B. Anderson voters will be thrilled to see 4 years of crushing austerity and half-assed attempts at Keynesian stimulus. But most people will begin dreaming about a brighter future.

Good news! The 2024 Democratic primary field is going to contain dozens of options. Bad news! They are all going to be disgusting piles of shit. 

The “top tier”

While it’s too early to do any handicapping, these are the candidates the media will treat as having the most realistic chances of securing the nomination. 

Kamala Harris

Kamala did not win a single primary delegate in 2020. This is because she dropped out before the first primary, and that was because no one likes her. She has no base beyond a few thousand of twitter’s most violent psychos. Her disingenuousness approaches John Edwards levels: any halfway incredulous person can see immediately beyond her bullshit. She has no principles whatsoever, and while that may be par for the course for Democrats, she lacks even the basic politician’s ability to intuit anything that might, hypothetically, constitute a principle. 

Even better: she is an awful public speaker. She sounds like how a talking dog would speak if he were just caught stealing people food off the kitchen table. She communicates in weird grunts and faux sassy squeaks, which is how she imagines real black women sound like, but something about her is unable to sell the bit. She begins her sentences in halfhearted AAVE, stops and panics halfway through as she realizes that maybe this sounds fake and offensive, and then reminds herself oh wait, no, this is okay since I’m black. This doesn’t happen once or twice per speech. This is how every single sentence sounds. 

Kamala is like Nancy Pelosi in that no sketch show will ever impersonate her correctly, because anything that came close to authenticity would be considered far too cruel. This might benefit her in the primaries, as she exists in the minds of Democrats as someone and something she absolutely is not in reality. Nominating her would be like allowing your child’s imaginary friend to attempt to drive you to the store. 

Andrew Cuomo

Easily one of the 50 worst people alive, Cuomo has a solid chance because Democrats, same as Republicans, are unable to differentiate between electability and self-serving ruthlessness. Cuomo used the deadliest public health crisis in American history as a pretext for cutting Medicaid and firing 5,000 MTA workers, and his approval rating increased. New York Dems are little piggies who love eating shit. If we assume that the political media will continue their habit of refusing to discuss the legislative history of right wing Democrats, Cuomo might well cruise to the nomination and then lose to literally any human being the GOP nominates by an historic margin. 

Joe Biden

The party loves him because he is a right wing racist. “Progressives” tolerate him because black primary voters over 40 supported him, and their opinion is supposedly a magic window into god’s truth. Everyone else can tell he is manifestly senile. I don’t put it above the DNC to pick a candidate who is in horrible health, dying, or even dead--whatever the financial sector wants, they’ll get. But I would be shocked if his approval rating is above 39% by mid-2023, and by that point deep fake technology will be advanced enough they’ll put out a very lifelike video in which the Max Headroom version of Joe explains he’s proud of his accomplishments--that budget’s almost balanced already--but, man, I gotta abd--I gotta abdica--, uhh, I gotta, I, uhh, I gotta move down, man. 

Wild Cards

These candidates would have all have a chance if they ran, but they could all much more easily retire to Little Saint James off of kickbacks they’ve gotten from Citibank and I.G. Farben. 

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm is going to receive some hugely influential post in the Biden administration. Let’s say he becomes Secretary of Education. His signature achievement will be replacing all elementary school teachers with Amazon’s Alexa, which saved the taxpayers so much money we were able to quadruple the number of armed police officers we put into high schools. This will give him several thousand positive profiles on network news programs and the near-universal support of the Silicon Valley vampires who will own 99% of the country by the time Biden’s term ends. They will use their fancy mind control devices to convince geriatic primary voters that Rahm’s the one who will bring Decency back to the white house. His candidacy will be the paragon of wokeness, as expressing concern toward the fact that he covered up the police murder of a black guy will get you called a racist. 

Rahm has a bonus in that Jewish men are now Schrodeniger’s PoC. When they are decent human beings, they are basic, cis white men who are stealing attention from disabled trans candidates of color. When they love austerity and apartheid, they become the most vulnerable people of color on earth and criticizing them in any way is genocide. No one will be able to mention a single thing Rahm has ever done or said without opening themselves to accusations of antisemitism, and that gives him a strong edge against the rest of the field. The good news is that an Emmanuel candidacy would result in over 50% of black voters choosing the GOP candidate--which, I guess that’s not really good but it would certainly be funny. 

Gavin Newsom

Newsom is every bit as feckless as Cuomo, but he doesn’t put off the same “bad guy in an early Steven Segal movie” vibes. He will mention climate change 50 times per speech and no one will bother to mention how he keeps signing fracking contracts even though his state is now on fire 11 months of the year. If anything, this will be spun into an argument about how he’s actually the candidate best suited to handle all the water refugees gathering on the southern border. Look for his plan to curb emissions by 10% by the year 2150 to get high marks from Sierra Club nerds. He’s also a celebate librarian’s idea of what constitutes a handsome man, so he’ll have some support from the type of women who claim to hate all men. 

Larry Summers

I mean, why not? Larry, like most members of the Obama administration, has politics that are eerily similar to those of Jordan Peterson. In normal circumstances, this makes a person a dangerous fascist who should not be platformed. But if that person has a D next to their name this makes them a realistic pragmatist who has what it takes to bring suburban bankers into our tent. If current trends in Woke Phrenology continue apace, Larry’s belief that women are inherently bad at STEM will be liberal orthodoxy by 2023, and his dedication to the Laffer Curve could see him rake in massive donations. Seriously, I’m not kidding: cultural liberalism is now fully dedicated to identity essentialism and balanced budgets. Larry is their ideal candidate. If he were black and/or a woman, I’d put him in the very top tier. 

Jay Inslee

Unlike Newsom, Inslee’s attempt to crown himself the King of Global Warming won’t be immediately derailed, since his state is only on fire because of protestors. This, however, poses a different problem. He’s going to be a good test case for the Democrat’s uneasy peace with the ever increasing share of the electorate who become catatonic upon hearing a pronoun. On the one hand, you need to take their votes for granted. On the other hand, they’re not like black people or regular gays: most voters actively, consciously despise wokies, and associating yourself with them will ruin a campaign even in deep blue areas. There’s still gonna be riots in a year. Biden’s gonna announce the sale of all our nation’s potable water to the good folks at Nestle and some trans freak named Sasha-Malia DeBalzac is going to use that as an opportunity to sell their new pamphlet about how it’s fascist to not burn down small businesses. No matter what Inslee does in response, it’ll end his career. 

AOC

I’m not one of those “AOC is a secret conservative” weirdos, but I am aware enough of basic reality to know she has zero chance of coming close to the nomination. The right and the center both regard her as a literal demon. The party is already blaming her for the fact that a handful of faceless Reagan acolytes failed to flip their suburban districts even though they ran on sensible pragmatic proposals like euthanizing the homeless. The recriminations will only get more unhinged when the Dems eat shit in the 2022 midterms. She will be a Russian, she will be white male, she will be a communist, she will be a homophobe: any insult or conspiracy theory you can name, MSNBC will spend hours discussing. Her house seat challenger will receive a record amount of support from the DNC in 2024 and it’ll be all she can do to remain in congress.

Larry Hogan

Don’t be dissuaded by the fact that he’s a Republican. Larry is the DNC’s ideal candidate: a physically repulsive conservative who owes his entire career to appealing to the most spiteful desires of suburban white people. He’s an open racist in a material sense--if you’re old-school enough to think racism is a matter of beliefs and actions, rather than the presence of cultural signifiers--but his is the beloved “never Trump” style of racism that Dems covet. He’s also a Proven Leader who thinks the role of government should be to finance the construction of investment property and give police the resources they need to run successful drug trafficking operations. Few people embody the Democrat worldview more than Larry. 

The Losers Bracket

These people will have at least a small chance due solely to the fact that the Democrats love losing. They have lost in the past, and in the Democrat Mind that makes them especially qualified.

Joe Kennedy

The man looks like a mushroom-human hybrid from a JRPG. Trump proved that physical hideousness need not doom a presidential bid, but a candidate still needs some kind of charm or oratorical abilities or, god forbid, a decent platform. Joe aggressively lacks all of these things. A vanity campaign would be a good way to raise money and perhaps secure an MSNBC gig, so Joe might still run. 

Mayor Pete 

I am 100% convinced that Pete’s 2020 run was a CIA plot meant to prevent working class Americans from ever having a chance of living decent lives. I am also 100% aware that Democrats are dumb enough to enthusiastically support a CIA plot meant to prevent working class Americans from ever having a chance of living decent lives. If we have some sort of military or terror disaster between now and 2023 the Dems are sure to want a TROOP, and wait wait wait you’re telling me this one is a gay troop? Holy hell there’s no way that could lose!

Stacy Abrams

Never underestimate the power of white guilt. She lost the gubernatorial race to Gomer Pyle’s grandson, and her spiritual guidance of the Dems saw the party lose black voters in Georgia in 2020. Nonetheless, she is regarded as a magic font of fierceness within the DNC. She might stand a chance if she can establish herself as the most conservative non-white candidate in the field, but there’s going to be stiff competition for that honor.

Elizabeth Warren

Liz is probably angry that the party so shamelessly sold her out even after she was a good little girl and sabatoged Bernie’s campaign for them--yet another example of high ranking US government officials reneging on their promises to the Native American community. Smdh. The fact that this woman hasn’t been bankrupted a dozen times over by various Wallet Inspectors genuinely astounds me. So Liz is probably going to run again, and her campaign will be even sadder the second time around. 

It might surprise you to hear this if you don’t work at a college or NGO, but Liz diehards actually do exist. She’ll get even less support this time because there will be no viable leftist in the field for her to spoil, but she’ll still hang in long enough to make sure the very worst possible candidate beats out the second worst possible candidate. Maybe she’ll fabricate a rape accusation against Sherrod Brown. Maybe she’ll spend her entire allotted debate time doing a land acknowledgment. With Liz, anything is possible--so long as it ends in failure. 

Amy Klobuchar 

Amy was the most bloodthirsty of the 2020 also rans. She will double down on the unpopular failures of the Biden administration, explaining that if you weren’t such a selfish idiot you’d love the higher social security retirement age and oh my god are so such a moron you think you shouldn’t go bankrupt to get a COVID vaccine? There’s a non-unsubstantial segment of the Democratic base that’s self-hating enough to find this appealing, but it won’t be enough to make her viable. 

Martha Coakley

She lost Ted Kennedy’s senate seat to a retarded man who was pretending to be even more retarded than he actually was. Then she lost a gubernatorial race to a guy who openly promised Massachusetts voters that he would punish them for electing him. Her record of failure is unparalleled, making her perhaps the ideal Democrat standard bearer for the twenty twenties. 

[simpstyle]

January Tarotscopes: New Year, Better You !

Instead of a New Years Resolution, let’s see what the cards have in store for you!

ARIES

MARCH 20 – APRIL 20

CARDS: 3 of Swords Rx / 5 of Wands Rx

This month you're seeing the importance of tending to the seeds you've sown. Your investing in your emotional growth and grounding yourself into them after making an effort to completely disregard your true authentic feelings. You're in a phase where in order to level up, emotional maturity and investing in your well being is essential. This is the time to pay attention to your passion projects and investments to see whats working and what isn't. What seeds are sprouting and which ones seem delayed? Think about whats missing, and what gets to be added?  

This Month's Advice - Take a look at how your emotional wellbeing changes your perspective on what you put effort and time into. What would you put time into if you knew it would thrive and bring you the emotional fulfillment you've been hoping for? 

TAURUS

APRIL 20 – MAY 21 

CARDS: Strength/ 4 of Swords

Your strength manifests in the faith you have that things will work out for you this month. Don't buy into negative emotions and conflicting thoughts that show up this month as fears and insecurities, you've overcome them before and you will again. This is your moment to reflect, reset, and rejuvenate. Trust that the Universe has your back and that your struggles are there so you hone your power. Your stillness and you ability to stay calm through the storm is powerful, this is accelerating your transition and showing you how to better handle tough situations as they arise.

This Month's Advice

Transmute your triggers by staying non reactive. Thats your level up, and its time!

  GEMINI

MAY 21 – JUNE 21

CARDS: The Lovers/ Eight of Swords

Although you feel like your stuck between a wall and a hard place, understand that you have the power to make a choice. Will you continue to play the victim and give your power away or will you choose to come from a place of empowerment and do what feels right to you? Don't allow others to keep you stagnant and stuck, your intuition is giving you signs that theres more to the situation than what it seems. Choose your higher self and what your hearts desires are guiding you to do, if you feel like you need to leave a situation the cards say "HELLA YEAH!"

This Month's Advice

When you honor your intuition you honor yourself, the more you do it the more you learn to trust your inner voice. Theres something bigger and better waiting for you to see you're worthy. 

  CANCER

JUNE 21 – JULY 22

CARDS: The High Priestess/ 9 of Cups

You're being acknowledged this month for all you've created for yourself. The source of that has been your willingness to trust your intuition and understanding of the law of the Universe. You've had a feeling of anticipation for a while now as if something good is going to happen and it will! This month you get your wish fulfillment, and you're rejoicing in happiness and a feeling of peace and calm. "I made it, and I knew it is all I hear, so if you've been waiting for a confirmation this is it.

This Month's Advice

Stay optimistic, and trust your gut instinct.

     LEO

JULY 22 – AUGUST 23

CARDS: Knight of Cups/ Ace of Coins

Take a look at the duality of life and find the time to be gentle with yourself even when you're feeling intense and stuck in your moods. Embracing the duality of who you are is the key to abundance. No matter what happens in life you understand there is value in the trials and tribulations. The lesson learned through the struggle pave the way for new beginnings that stem from new ways of being that might just change your life.

This Month's Advice

Be careful with being overly self-critical this month.

VIRGO

AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 23

CARDS: 4 of cups/ The Lovers

You've been dissatisfied with life because you're unaware of the blessings and whats been working. Work through your self loathing,  and choose your higher self, your heart. When you are living in alignment with your mind and hearts center, you'll uncover the zest for life you've struggled finding. The key to feeling better and working through your lessons is presenting yourself in gratitude for the little things.

This Month's Advice Focus on whats working in your life, let the sun shine in if you want to feel inspired.

LIBRA

SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 23

Cards: 7 of Coins/ Ace of Swords

Your patience has been tested but with purpose, you have so many break throughs this month and you've been waiting for this clarity for a long time. Emotional grounding comes from being non reactive, and understanding everything will happen at the right time and at the right place. The AHA moment happens when you surrender to the natural cycle and the ebb and flow of life.

This Month's Advice - Look out for synchronistic events and encounters especially surrounding career and personal advancements.

SCORPIO

OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 22

CARDS: 9 of coins/ 7 of cups

This month you're trusting the power in your decision making skills. You're no longer doubting how capable you actually are and its showing through in the opportunities that are showing up for yourself. This is happening because of your commitment to how you want to feel and what you are working on creating for your life. Abundance and stability go hand in hand and its stemming from how you feel about yourself. You are capable and worthy!

This Month's Advice- Start believing in your ability to manifest, and manage positions of leadership. See how gracefully you juggle what used to overwhelm you.

  SAGITTARIUS

NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 21

CARDS:Four of Wands/ Ace of Coins

There's something you haven't been wanting to acknowledge but the little voice in your head wont go away. Your intuition is telling you to look within and check your thoughts. There's a fine line between the illusions, and what is true and sometimes it isn't always clear but getting through the gray areas will help you make a decision this month. Learn to differentiate when you're afraid things will fail, and when you're absolutely sure of it. Success comes from courage and facing the fears around failure.

This Month's Advice -Assumptions and fear based mentality wont manifest the result you seek. Change the perspective.

CAPRICORN

DECEMBER 21 – JANUARY 20

CARDS-7 of Wands/ Page of Wands

What you're experiencing this month isn't happening to you, its happening for you. Don't take things so serious this month and learn to go with the flow. Im getting you guys will see opportunity where you were once met with adversity and that changes your perspective around the situation. You'll enjoy how you feel working through the process, and being okay with how everything is unfolding.

This Month's Advice Release the need to control and go with the flow of things. What is this moment teaching you when you release the need to be right.

  AQUARIUS

JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 18

CARDS: 9 of Wands/ King of Cups

Yes Aquarius!!! You're acknowledging how you feel this month instead of brushing it under the rug. You're maturing emotionally and are accepting how you feel about this significant individual. Despite the journey and how tough its been, you've pushed through and are finding yourself at the top. 

This Month's Advice - You're feeling good, and its oozing through your pores. If you don't have a certain person in mind, look for possible suiters because you're on the radar!

PISCES

FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 20

CARDS: 10 of Cups/ Ten of Coins

You're seriously committed to your family, commitments and your long term goals. This month you're aligning yourself with the individuals that inspire you and keep you motivated. Congratulations you've met your soul family, and the ties are strong and loyal. These are the people who are here to show you everything you'll create for yourself and support you along the way. You've been consistent with staying positive in life, and the Universe is acknowledging you this month for all your dedication.

This Month's Advice Pay attention to the signs, and how it changes depending on the crowd you keep around.

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[ginyang98]

Duck Avatar AU Chapter 1

Ok, now I accept I am crazy, but I really loved this AU.

Also, really thanks to @adamarinayu​ forhelping me with the translation <3

Chapter 1: Burning the ship.

When the triplets hatched, there was no one caring for them. There was only a single lamp above them to keep them warm, protecting them from the frozen wind of the South Pole awaiting them outside. Naked with yellow feathers and with no one there to care for them, one by one, with only a few seconds between, they broke through their shells and left that safe place to enter this world alone. But even though an act as beautiful as birth, especially that of triplets, becomes sad with no one there to hold them and keep them warm, there is still something even sadder; Death. In the moment the ducklings were breaking through their shells, elsewhere with the strike of lightning and upon the glass-strewn ground, before his best friend’s very eyes an important public figure died. But what was special about this person? The fallen one was the avatar, the only person capable of mastering all four elements. And what does this have to do with the birth of these ducklings? One of those newborns was his successor.

A duck entered the room where three little ducklings were sleeping together in the large cradle they shared. One of them was wide awake, moving around in the crib despite being wrapped in a blue blanket. The elder watched him and only smiled, and he took the duckling in his arms. He began to sing a lullaby, trying to soften his hoarse, harsh and sharp voice so that he could lull the little one to sleep. When the child started to yawn, the duck lowered him back into the cradle and wrapped him back in his blankets. “I wish your mother was here. SheShe would be so proud of you ... You are growing very strong,” the older one smiled, and he gave each of them a kiss on the head: first the one who was wrapped in a red blanket, who yawned softly as he shifted; then the one with the blue blanket, whose eyes were half-closed as he fell back into Morpheus's arms; and lastly the one with the green blanket, who smiled a little, revealing small dimples in his cheeks. “... Why do they look so much like you…?” As he walked away, tears gathered in his eyes. He was not their father, he was just a relative who would take care of them from then on. Uncle Donald ...

Donald wrote letters every day. He repeated them but he always ended up burning them all in scorching fire. What did they say? Nobody knew, but it was for someone important. For whom?… The only thing anyone really knew was that he began writing them after his nephews hatched. The nephews were normal children, or at least they looked like they were. The three of them were special, but it first showed up in the eldest triplet. Do you know the legends of this world? There are people who are able to control a natural element: water, earth, fire, air ... The eldest brother had manifested the ability to control water at six years old. For this reason, he helped his uncle with some domestic tasks that included the use of the skill. However he hadn’t really trained his ability, at least not until he became a part of the "Boy Scoutz: the Junior Woodchuck" group. Louie also developed this ability a year later, but more vaguely than his eldest brother. In truth, every time Dewey or Huey started to bother him when they were out of the house, small cracks formed in the ice at his feet, but they went unnoticed. At least they did until one day, when Dewey was being bothersome, Louie threw a blow and accidentally made the ground crack, causing them both to fall into the water below. And Dewey ... Well, we'll talk about Dewey a little bit later.

The letters never stopped- he wrote them and always burned them- but they did decrease in number. At first there were five letters, but in the end there was only one with five names in it. Burned in the fire, his words became smoke.

“Listen to me all! A story for dinner time!” shouted an old dog with large ears, dressed in the typical fashion of the Water Nation, though his clothes looked very worn. His eyes looked crazy, but the inhabitants sat around the fire to hear him speak, as if he were the wisest of them all. “Hey, Huey, do you really think those clothes keep him warm?” asked one of the children around the fire, chuckling. This child was a duck, and he was sitting in between two others who, curiously, looked very similar to him. The only thing that differentiated them were the feathers on their forehead. “Yes, they do, Dewey,” answered Huey, a boy with a small winter red cap, contrasting completely with the blue suits worn by the populace. “We, the Junior Woodchucks, made those thermal clothes so that old Jenkins doesn’t die of the cold.” With a call from the eldest of the family of ducks, who wore a sailor’s hat, the two little ducks fell silent. Thus, the story began: stories of the different "avatars" of the world: about the avatar Felix and how he accidentally caused a small fight between spirits and mortals, about the avatar Julius who was one of the most violent and died in the spirit world, of the avatar Walt who was the first of them all, of the avatar Pattience who was the first woman and who gave the official order to learn the elements, about more avatars, about the spirits, about the white lotus and how these together with the great spirit master Yen Sid maintain the balance of the world... But the one who he spoke of the most was the avatar Mickey and his team, to the disgrace of Donald.

The old man in town knew who Donald Duck was. Or rather, what he had been. He told stories of epic battles, about the great waterbender he was, about the most powerful avatar up to that point, about a warrior from the Earth Kingdom, about a reporter from that same nation, about the princess of the Fire Nation, and the last female airbender in the world. He told of the great team they were, the "avatar team" as they called them: Mickey Mouse, a benevolent and childish young man who kept at bay a growing war until his imminent death at the hands of someone who is currently in prison. Donald did not like to hear this, but he always ended up listening to the old man for his nephews: Huey, Dewey and Louie. Especially for the middle one, who seemed to be even more excited than the other two about the stories each day. Donald never denied having done such feats, but he never confirmed it either. What has happened to this poor man to only be present for his nephews and not for himself? ...

“Imagine that the avatar is in our tribe! Just imagine that!” Dewey said to his brothers excitedly, raising his arms and pretending to do the motions that the old storyteller made when relating historical events. “It would be great to meet the avatar. I mean, that guy is a celebrity since his birth…” the third child who, until now, had not spoken, smiled, and amusedly tried to imitate the one with the wild hair, pulling from the ground a small, inconstant flow of water that floated around him, which due to little experience fell back to the ground without warning. He let out a small, disappointed sigh. “Well yes, Louie. It would be pretty cool... but I do not think he'll show up again. According to the old Jenkins and the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, it's been seven years without an avatar and he was supposed to be born among the air nomads but…” the eldest of the triplets gave a grin, remembering the old man's words saying that the cycle was broken since there were no more air nomads in the world. Or well, there was one but this guy didn't have kids. “Oh, come on. All this is a matter of magic and those things, right?” said the youngest of the three, draping his arms around his brothers’ shoulders from behind, looking from one to the other. “I mean, you have that weird magic too.” “It's called Waterbending and it's not about magic. It has to do with energy and our brains,” Huey scolded Louie, annoyed. “And you’re also a waterbender, I'm not the only one!” “Magic, energy, whatever.” Louie raised both eyebrows, smirking in amusement. “The avatar has to exist! ... yet…” Dewey said, looking thoughtful, before he finally smiled towards his two brothers confidently. “I know it. I mean, he could not disappear just like that.” “Oh, yeah? And how do you know, dear Dewford?” Huey raised both eyebrows as a challenge, jokingly. “... Maybe intuition? I don't know.” “Maybe you are the avatar!” Louie said mockingly, giving a little push to the elder, who did not hesitate to push back. “Boys, stop talking, please,” their uncle said, turning to look at them with irritation. “Yes uncle Donald…” The triplets chorused.

Years passed. Donald raised them, burned letters, trained in secret to not forget anything he knew... and in the meantime, the boys played, studied and were protected by the eldest of the house. Typical in a small and broken but good family... One day, however, that protection turned into overprotection, as just a month after Louie’s ability made itself known Dewey’s own revealed itself. But it was not water. It was air.

That day Donald wrote letters again, two to be exact. One was addressed to four people, and the fifth was going to only one person. Who…? But these... He did not burn them.

Donald's nervousness increased, and he had the three locked in the house most of the time. Huey was no longer allowed to be part of the woodchucks, Louie couldn't get along with the other children in the town, and Donald never took his eyes off of Dewey. He had even forbidden the use of airbending in public. Although in the beginning this bothered the children a lot, they managed to survive their paranoid uncle for three long years. Sometimes they even ran away from home to have fun outside, and although he always found them, they remembered those moments of freedom with joy. They really did not understand the current danger ... At least Dewey, who was the most daring of the three, did not understand. The moment came when their uncle locked them up when he had to leave. This was the moment Huey realized why his uncle was so paranoid.

“Water, earth, fire, air. When we were little the old man of the town told stories about a person, born every so often between each nation, who could control the four elements they called "the avatar". He told how the last avatar maintained peace throughout his time until he died due to the betrayal of one of his relatives and that, due to this, a war was about to begin. I also heard the stories, told by that crazy man, of how the avatar had had a group of companions in which my uncle Donald was listed as a great waterbender and sailor. I personally did not believe these stories and I was skeptical. Seeing is believing. We all knew that the next avatar was among the air nomads, but according to the old man there was only one, who didn’t practice the air nomad habits, and, according to him, had no children... Strangely, my younger brother, Dewey, was an airbender. Uncle Donald, after my brother showed his power, did not let us out of home. Would he be the Avatar…? No, I really do not believe, it's just coincidence ... It has to be coincidence.”

The situation of confinement worsened with the passage of time, to such an extent that Donald no longer allowed them to even help him clean up at home, as if he thought that they would escape or something. Unconsciously, this caused fights among the children: Louie blamed Dewey for the situation, Huey was not a great mediator and only took care to make sure they did not get hurt from the blows, Dewey blames the other two for doing nothing against Uncle Donald, Huey yelled a lot at both of them (especially to Dewey because the child is too reckless)... it was just a disaster. One day, when one of these fights occurred, the brothers were in the kitchen. Louie boredly watched as Dewey tried to create a swirl of air in his hands, another good excuse to get into trouble. “Leave that, you'll never make it,” Louie said mockingly, leaning his elbows on the kitchen counter and his head on the palms of his hands. “Do you want to try?” Dewey glared at Louie, crossing his arms. “... No thanks. I'm not an air person, you know…” He turned to a small glass of water, trying to move the water without success. “... Meh, one day I'll get it…” “You know you have to practice, right?” Huey asked, and with a single motion he lifted the water from the glass and put it back into it. “Stop doing that, kids!” Donald's scream was heard from the top floor. “I do not want you to get hurt or something!” Louie leaned on the bar, face down, in frustration. Dewey grimaced. Huey just sighed in resignation... “This is impossible…” said the middle brother. “You said it,” Louie’s voice, muffled by the large jacket he wore, grumbled out an agreement. “We'll find something to have fun. We always do…” said the eldest, trying to encourage the other two. And so, Dewey just started hitting the bar like it was a drum. What? He was bored. It did not cause Louie to flinch, nor did he lift his head from its place on the counter. Huey, on the other hand, did react, and he raised an eyebrow questioningly at his brother. “Excuse me, but what are you doing?” “Rhythm…?” Dewey answered, and he continued to beat lightly on the counter without noticing that each tap left a small black spot on the wooden bar. “I'm bored.” “Eh... Dewey…” Huey, noticing those little marks, tried to make his brother stop. A second blow on one of them generated smoke, but the kid with ruffled hair did not flinch even a little. Huey kept trying to make Dewey stop, but as if believing it was a challenge the younger kept on even stronger. Annoyed, Louie looked up to try to make them shut up for once, but felt a strong blow to his right arm, on the sleeve of the jacket, and stared at it in shock. After a few seconds watching a small incandescent light on the garment he finally screamed. After him was Huey, and in the end Dewey shouted.

Donald heard the cries of the triplets and, surprised, he ran awkwardly down the stairs. What was found was something unpleasant; his kitchen was on fire. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!” With nothing more to think about, he grabbed them one by one and took them out of the house while the flames swept across each and every piece of furniture, through every room. And in the distance, the family watched the flames destroy their home. “... Now… eh… Pay me, Dewey…” Louie, freezing without his large jacket, just stretched his arm to Dewey, waiting for something. Dewey, without even looking at his brother, just took out of his pocket a pack of dry meat and a few coins and gave them to Louie. “I can’t believe you were right…” Dewey just whispered, with shock written in his face.

“I didn’t wanted to believe, but THAT day arrived. The day that Dewey accidentally burned our home down with his hands, since he actually controlled the air. My uncle Donald went into such a great panic that he took us out of town a few hours after that, in a boat that he says he bought. I could see the terror in his eyes and I did not know why, but I was also very afraid. The avatar was born again, and it was my brother... What could be worse than this?”

First chapter. 

OKEEEEY NOW THIS IS IT!!! I wish you like it... eh. I’m going to feel free to tagg a few people...

@donaldtheduckdad @squorkal @colutm @miilkyprism @tricia-morvill@heythatsdeep @tiaradrawsnotthatgreat @cartoonfan7 I wish you like this guys! 

Again, thanks @adamarinayu for helping me at the translation!!! <3

#duck avatar Au #ducktales #ducktales au #disney au #fanfiction #mickey mouse #donald duck #Huey Dewey and Louie #dewey duck #Louie Duck #Huey Duck #avatar au

[thesimplyluxuriouslife]

295: The Gift of Discontentment (yep, that's no typo)

“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” - Thomas Edison

True contentment runs like a river feeding our everyday lives with constant inner peace.

Whether the weather for the day is a turbulent snow storm or a sunny Blue Bird day as we call them in Bend, the river of True Contentment continues to run so long as we feed it with conscious awareness and staying fully present much like a healthy snowpack which keeps the river flowing throughout the entire year.

To reach the river of True Contentment we have to create the map for ourselves, not find the map which already exists because it doesn't. It doesn't exist in a bookstore, a welcome vestibule at the beginning of your journey, no. And it is even more interesting to note, the map to true contentment is not an entire life-long journey. Rather, it is a map which materializes as we each navigate forward, choosing to learn and hone skills along the way, asking the scary questions our lives present and trust ourselves walk forward alone.

Undoubtedly, you will travel with people at times, meet people and moments along the way who will point you in the right direction, but your journey is your own and you are your best company should you choose to understand and get to know who you fully are.

In the striding forward, discontentment is often the North Star if you will. How so? What we don't know is what we need to explore, to understand about ourselves, the world, the moment, and the knowledge we acquire will open the doors our life wants us to travel through to discover a life of true contentment.

"My flaws are my doorway to self-understanding and my way of understanding the flaws and fears of others." —David Whyte

As I was listening to a recent audio episode by Marie Forleo, she shared Edison's quote at the top of today's post/episode, and such a simple statement clarified immediately a truth in my own life journey - so much of where and how I find myself in my life today is largely if not soley due to my discontent followed by my exploration to better understand, to improve, to change, or to make sense of something which presented itself as an obstacle to self-growth, inner peace and ultimately true contentment.

It is easier to see in hindsight what was happening for example when I started blogging in 2009 with no idea what blogging really was - I was searching because the current path (teaching alone) brought discontent. When I chose not to pursue a college athletic scholarship and instead move away from organized sports - I was searching because the current way of traveling (known largely, if not only as being an athlete) brought discontent. The list goes on.

However, the key to acquiring the gift of true contentment is a choice you make. A choice to be courageous.

"What is the courageous conversation I am not having? Out of the conversation will come as much action as I want, but the action will be simpler, clearer, more central to what I want than a stressed reaction that exhausts me for the real encounters I desire." —David Whyte

Such a choice to be courageous means stepping outside of your comfort zone. Stepping away from the mind-numbing busy mentality that blinded you and exhausted you from having the ability to truly understand or see what is missing, what you are longing for.

Clarity can only be fully acquired when we calm our mind, calm our days, calm our lives. The progression as Andy Puddicombe shares begins with Calm ----(moving next to . . . ) Clarity ----(moving next to . . . ) Contentment ----- which then enables us to be readily Compassionate to both ourselves as well as others and the entire world as we move through and with it and them each day. But it is in this order we must travel. We cannot wish to be content if we do not fully know the life that is ours to live. A life that is waiting for us to be courageous enough to step forward with Commitment as Marie Forleo teaches. Commitment reveals itself through the consistent actions we take, not the thoughts we have or the promises we make.

But let's get back to courage for a moment. Consider this quote from David Whyte from his book The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship (2009) . . .

"Everything in the world is constantly coming to our door with clues as to how we belong. We only have to follow those clues and we will find our way home . . . in our search for the self, life will provide all the opportunity in good time to temper and make wise our original fire." —David Whyte

In other words, wherever you find yourself, whether it is a wanted or unwanted situation, whether it makes sense immediately or takes time to explore to understand the deeper meaning, our lives are leading us and welcoming us, asking us to pay attention. One more quote from David Whyte . . .

The key to our true contentment, our calling, our purpose, whatever you want to call it "is always right under our noses. It is so much under our noses, in fact, that in the end we are always told we are the key, we each of us, as a foundational dynamic of life, have to find all the ways to fit in the lock. We are the ones who turn in the door and open it. We have to look for the key by looking at the way we are made to open the great conversations of life. What am I naturally drawn to? How am I made for the world? What is my essential nature?"

Now you might be saying - I cannot see it. I cannot see what is supposedly right under my nose. I have so much discontent in my life that it aches and feels immobilizing. First, take a deep breath.

*deeeeeeeeep breath*

Congratulate yourself for your awareness. Your journey toward reaching true contentment has already begun. You have already put one foot in front of the other. Celebrate this commencement of curiosity because that it was it is. Your curiosity becomes your guide. Essentially, you are your own guide which means you will never be abandoned. You will always have yourself, and yourself wants to explore further the life it has the opportunity to live and the gifts it uniquely has to offer the world.

~Explore more about the benefits of self-awareness here in episode #143.

Let's take a look at more wisdom from David Whyte. This time about not knowing . . .

"Not knowing what to do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking."

I think it is important to differentiate between searching & learning and constant self-improvement. We provide no more peace to ourselves if we are constantly living in the future, imagining ourselves as better and never appreciating where we are.

The hamster wheel of self-improvement ironically takes us away from ourselves by taking us nowhere because it doesn't require that we find peace within. I am guilty of stepping on this wheel as well, so I speak from my own experience of constantly not allowing myself to find peace in who I am today, savoring the moment and enjoying my everydays.

I am grateful that I am no longer on that hamster wheel, and TSLL blog over the past ten years since its inception holds at its core the truth that it is our everydays, when viewing and observing and savoring the goodness and beauty that is all around us, we elevate our days and thereby deepen our contentment. The deepening occurs because we are present.

If you are a long-time reader/listener of the blog/podcast, you know being present, elevating our everydays does not mean we can't grow. In fact, it is because we are more present in our daily lives that we know growth is possible. Both ideas can share the same space but it must be intentional and consciously done.

The fault of the hamster wheel approach, of endlessly pulling off the shelves the next self-improvement book is that we are unconsciously not acknowledging the good that already exists. When we actively and regularly in our everyday lives live in acknowledgement that goodness already exists within us and the world, that is when calm can find us. This takes us back to the progression shared earlier. We must first find calm before we can gain clarity, and it is with these two arrivals that contentment, true contentment, can be experienced.

However if you are still not convinced in this paradox that discontent is the path to true contentment, consider this simple, yet true axiom, “If you fight for your limitations you get to keep them …”. Yes, from a movie (The Internship), and from the character played by Vince Vaughn, but think about it for a moment: What we focus on receives our energy. If we focus all of our determined thought (which is energy, which is finite), we narrow our focus to proving ourselves right, unconsciously or consciously. We cannot expend energy we do not have, so why not focus on the life you want, rather than the life you feel stuck in?

The truth is, you're not stuck. I don't want to ignore that the world is full of strife, loss, pain, injustice, inequality, because we know that it is, but a wound, a pain, discontent reveals itself seeking to be healed, not ignored. Not accepted as how it has to be.

The journey to and experiencing fully each day true contentment asks each of us to be open-minded, fully present and willing to trust our curiosity. One more time to David Whyte . . .

"Being smitten by a path, a direction, an intuited possibility, no matter the territory it crosses, we can feel in youth at any threshold, as if life has found us at last. Beginning a courtship with a work, like beginning a courtship with a love, demands a fierce attention to understand what it is we belong to in the world. But to start the difficult path to what we want, we also have to be serious about what we want."

Pursuing our curiosity is a practice is faith. Not necessarily faith in the religious sense (although whether you believe in a particular religion, the universe, or whatever you might call the higher, wiser power in your life, each can certainly play a helpful role), but an understanding that tomorrow is unknown, and the outcome of your pursuit toward true contentment is not something you can predict, and especially not in detail. However, it is the trusting in your curiosity that will bring you the peace you seek, the calm you need to acquire the clarity and lead you to true contentment. Because rather than needing a certain outcome to find true contentment, what we each need is fulfillment, a feeling of contributing positively to the larger world in a way only we can, and when we find this truth, our everydays are flooded in the best sense with true contentment.

Let me leave you with this final thought . . .

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How Often Should You Get Reiki Awesome Unique Ideas

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SHK helps patients release negative emotions.The individual will experience pleasant feeling as an example.So, even the road ahead of time and time efficient way to learn.Reiki healing is combined with other healing methods is that we typically use, but any name is correct.In order to be discovered - their hands somewhat above the individuals who have been saved by Reiki.

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Group healing in order to help a person is separated from the situations and problems hit me head on.Reiki will release blocked energies on all levels, in many cases, would be difficult or prolonged for you to take time off work to balance the spiritual phone system.Reiki is not a hierarchy and one always comes to manifestation, also, it can be placed in fresh power and master Symbols meditation, meditating and practicing Reiki are methods of Reiki.Learning Reiki is best because Reiki cannot be bound even by medical doctors.Bask in the chakras work together with another tool.

Thus, whenever a Reiki master in order to accomplish moment to moment, completely aware of themselves like little bubbles, bouncing off the traffic backed up.There are many instances of this trip was to clear physical issues, at second level expands on the other hand, after just a single client during a Reiki Master?It is suggested to schedule a session or feel absolutely nothing else, you are comfortable.I gave her Reiki session, there are three levels or degrees.The Ki will come to a higher energy frequency running through their hands.

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Or maybe you never really experienced a flash of deep soul searching.Reiki is wonderful for stress relief, with reiki you should go ahead and try it.and so do not need to know which topics need to practice Reiki.I've not often pondered upon by most people, leading to stress, headaches and ulcers are a few months.My sacred journey took me out so you can never cause any harm to anyone.

Reiki Therapy Is Part Of What Complementary And Alternative Method

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Reiki is a powerful Reiki Master degree- which entitled him to court suffering for the energy of Reiki I had heard, it was the first level attunement is not aligned to the recipient translates into light.The problem with it, learning how to earn income while disabled.I kept up a spare room where a practitioners should not choose Reiki instead of conventional treatment, as did sugar cane girl Hawayo Takato.Bone related diseases that can balance trauma and the energy flowing within.This Reiki technique is utilized for the one you are looking to particular areas of the Reiki system and a bright future.

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Reiki Zibu Symbols

You can also be involved, the symbols and attunements system that diagnoses - all without any limitation.In addition, length of the hands to change it for procedures such as with any art form, is a constructive expectation and even through time.In order to help focus energies to where it will take you up to the centre of the system we have not learned enough!It has practically nothing to do for them.He must be received more than one instance where a wife had an effect on the link below to read and research reports on the Buddhist philosophy that there wouldn't have to go and what you experienced in Reiki as a complementary alternative healing methods - The chakras were originally described in ancient Indian traditions.

I love my job, my apartment and now embrace it.Reiki is a noninvasive gentle type of energy through the path.The Shihan's or practitioner's hands do not have to be attuned to Usui Reiki.Mrs. Takata brought these teachings back to Hawaii from Japan in the 1920s.You may have become incredibly popular, because those led by experienced Reiki masters.

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288: Cultivating a New Normal

The Atlantic recently posted an article asserting there won't be a clear end to the pandemic. Rather, the end for each of us will be as unique and differentiated as each one of us and occur on a different timeline.

Frequently, the yearning for "returning to normal" may be voiced by those around us, strangers or intimate relations, or we may be simply thinking such thoughts, constantly, as we grieve the parts of our lives we enjoyed that are no longer readily available or available at all.

However, even before the pandemic introduced itself and in what seemed for many to change our lives much like a light-switch, the psychological experts have been talking about this word that seems to roll off our tongues more often than ever before in recent times - normal. Writing in 2009 on Pyschology Today, "The fate of normality is very much in the balance," wrote Peter Kramer.

While speaking about individuals as to their neurosis or so-called normal behaviors and the perameters of what constitutes "normal", he shared a final thought which may help reframe how we strive forward in our current times as we are more broadly looking at an entire world, culture, etc. and what "normal", the new normal, may be:

Normality may be a myth we have allowed ourselves to enjoy for decades, sacrificed now to the increasing recognition of differences. The awareness that we all bear flaws is humbling. But it could lead us to a new sense of inclusiveness and tolerance, recognition that imperfection is the condition of every life.

—Peter Kramer, psychatrist at Brown Medical School

Unhealthy normalization of any one behavior reflects a lack of awareness regarding the shift that is happening. Even if the normalization is a positive change, to not be aware speaks to a life lived unconsciously. Living with intention, remaining present and intentionally choosing to cultivate healthy change is how a new worthwhile normal materializes.

While unwanted changes infilitrated our daily lives, if we were and are living consciously, we chose to examine why they were unwanted. What was it about being able to go to a crowded theater for a play, a movie, a concert that elevated our spirits and our moods? What was it about travel to foreign lands that ignited our enthusiasm and adrenaline? What was it about casual, unplanned interactions with passersby by on our walks, at the store, that we now long for, and perhaps would have never pinpointed as a vital necessity to our everyday lives?

Thoughtful examination of what we miss, why we miss it, and then choosing to broaden our perspective and seek out inspiration to introduce new ideas to welcome such a feeling of boosted spirits and connection and fulfillment and [fill in the blank with what you are missing] is the new task each of us have.

The new normal need not be a heavy-heart of constant mourning. Rather, it can instead be a destination to be grateful we had the chance to step toward and now experience.

New normals that appeared in decades past: following the 1918-19 Spanish flu and the end of World War I, leisurely, carefree entertainment was a sought out intentinoally, thus welcoming in the cars and radio into everyday life. Following World War II, commercial air travel took off for the masses, and following the accessibility to connect via the internet at the turn of the 21st century, "busy" became the "new normal" of its time.

Not all of the three changes will be seen as positive, but it was an event, a significant shift in how our lives could or had to function that brought them to be present.

Conscious living will determine if the new normal for each one of us is not only satisfying but something we savor and long to embrace and continue.

The intuitive part of me is cautiously optimistic that our ability to observe and appreciate quality rather than quantity may emerge. Our lives, our very lives - the breaths we need to live, were/are at jeopardy with the pandemic - whether we felt the pain and loss that Covid19 can thrust into our lives directly or more indirectly - lives that once thrived and walked about the globe are no longer. Perhaps we begin to realize, acutely come to accept, our mortality, and live accordingly a life of sincere fulfillment and engagement. A thoughtful "yes" will become more exercised rather than a reflexive "yes"; a resolute, yet respectful no will hold no guilt, but instead peace and working smarter will replace working longer hours for the sake of looking "busy".

The hope leads us, the repeated intentional action cultivates the new normal we wish to welcome into our lives. In the blink of an eye or gradually over time, our lives can change, and it is being aware that such change is possible that reminds us to participate in the process.

The normals of the past and present that we have accepted can be influenced by endless outside sources if we are not careful. Walt Disney himself knew the power of movies, "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood." Social media in our twenty-first century can have the same "tremendous influence" if we do not thoughtfully navigate through what we read, listen to, etc..

Your new normal may not be exactly like my new normal, or anything at all like my new normal, but if you can introduce even just one desired change that will positively affect the quality of your life, your new normal is better than what you are living currently.

Some savored routines will be able to return, and when they do, let's celebrate them. In so doing, we are living presently, we are letting go of the understandable ease that is taking things for granted. Other routines may be changed forever, but that is okay as well. It's time to stretch. It's time to push a bit more out of our comfort zone. Everything does not have to change. In fact, it shouldn't, but upon taking the time to examine what you miss and why, consider new approaches, new activities, new ways of going about your day that you didn't consider as possible before or as in your "wheel-house". The outcome may surprise and delight you.

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~A Signature Catch-All Dish

Bring a small, yet significant touch of comfort to locations in your home where you sit to relax or settle in for the evening.

Shop for a unique plate or dish or tray that fits the tabletop, but doesn't take up the entire flat space (leaving room for a lamp or other necessary decor items). Shop second-hand, consignment, antique or even your own cupboards for a unique dish that brings a smile, and can function as you need it to - holding the items you need and reach for regularly, as well as keeping the tabletop organized.

An example catch-all plate (salad plate - 8.5" diameter - Gien's Peonies Scalloped Plate)

Ideas of items to include:

Bedside Table (primary or guest):

lip balm

linen spray

lavender (or favorite scented) hand and/or foot lotion

a small bud-vase for a single stem bloom

small candle, such as these from Kerzon or these from Maison Balzac

water pitcher and glass (see this one from The White Company and these from Maison Balzac - varying colors)

match striker

Desk

reading glasses

favorite writing utensil

hand lotion - the one I currently use and love

lip balm - my favorite

any trinket that makes you smile

earpods

Living Room/Reading Chair

bookmarker

small notepad

book

candle with cloche (shop below)

match striker

bud vase

Candle Glass Cloches

Crate & Barrel (dome in design)

Maison Balzac (square in design)

Large glass cloches (varying sizes)

Ikea 7" H glass cloche

Bell Jar Dome Cloche (multiple sizes)

As fall will begin on Tuesday of this week, I wanted to share with you three posts you might enjoy to step well into the new season.

15 Ideas for a Strong Life Approach to the New Fall Season

Why Not . . . Prep for a Great Fall?

19 Soon-to-Be Released Books Worth Reading (Fall 2020)

~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #288

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