MAGICAL MINDFUL LIVING: FINDING JOY IN THE EVERYDAY

Michel de Montaigne Philosophy. This famous philosopher from renaissance period from France is the one who popularized applying philosophy to live an ordinary life during his era (of course apart from Thales of Meletus). What use of philosophy is if it is not used to make lives better? Not just highly successful ones, but quite ordinary ones. If philosophers who entangle in intellectual disputes about origins of human existence just quarrel with their wives the moment they st

Defaults. What you do automatically are basically your default. What do you do when you wake up early in the morning? Just curse yourself for getting late? Then that is your default. How about the first app you start when you get your hands on your phone? YouTube? then that is your default. How about the first thing you say when you meet your loved ones in your kitchen in the morning? That is your default too. Defaults are powerful when properly planned and placed, but they c

Why you should be prepared to be a fool. Be a fool every day. Success is not about straight path. Everybody has a theory to how to be successful, yet only a handful of them from a thousand would ever reach enough success to fulfil their dreams. What is the difference between these people and ordinary? You may think talent, luck or intrinsic generousness. But it is not just about luck. It's the ability to experiment, the willingness to take foolish risks and come out of it and

Life of a firefighter - 9/11 firefighters Life of a firefighter is not an easy one. When I used to go to school, I happened to walk by the fire department. Almost every day the fire trucks were parked, neatly, washed and polished just like the day before. I wondered a fire is ever going to break up, or is this the least busy job in the world? How many times a fire breaks up so, these trucks need movement. What were they doing? eating cheese sandwiches watching movies with bud

Lily white was playing badminton in the garden with her sister Rosy Red. After a while they got tired and then were bored and were seen lying down on the grass, under a tree. Obviously, they were looking at the sky. "Sky is pretty nice today". Lily said to her sister. "Look, that cloud is just like a giraffe!" her sister exclaimed! "Oh, we should play the cloud game". Lily said. It was one of their favorite games. Just looking at clouds and making imaginary figures. It was ex

I was a moss, dwelled on a bark of an old oak. Which stood against the despicable weather of four seasons year around in countryside Living in isolation on a remote corner of a corner's garden. Unmoved, untouched, unspoiled except grazed by Slippery snails at night. I liked the morning dew which I collected at dawn. Before it disappeared when sunbeams across me shone. And I was in love with a black hole. Would you believe it? They called me the crazy moss, the ferns my friend

Into the Woods Izzy and Nizzi Once upon a time, there was a mother with two twins. Their names were Izzy and Nizzi. One sunny day Izzy and Nizzi asked their mother if they go to the woods to collect honey for pancakes. Mother said, "Of course girls but be careful!" So, Izzy and Nizzy set off. They met many cheerful animals on their way. Rabbits Squirrels and a fox with three cubs! A rare sight it was. Deep in the jungle it was a little dark. And they walked in silence looking

Lily white was late for the school. Yes, she did wake up early in the morning, yes, she did brush without falling asleep and she did prepare her bag before going to bed last night. Yet somethings happened and she was just late again, so she stepped out of the home following her father with her pretty little umbrella as there was a drizzle this morning. "Lily You are wearing your shoes on wrong side" Her father exclaimed! and then only she looked at her feet. And he was spot o

Why you should write your own biography. Why not? Why you should not write about your biography? When I put myself in your skin, with my mind I can see that your life must be filled with different experiences than mine. Some good some bad, some inspiring some tragic. Whatever it may be If I am a novelist, it would be material for a character in my Moby Dick. So why not? I have no reason to give. Nobody is going to write it for you. What are the odd, you are rich and famous so

Jim Rhon philosophy of working on yourself. If you are into self-development and generating wealth, you cannot avoid this guy. He is an internet sensation, even after his death in 2009. To be honest I am not a big fan, as his philosophy of getting rich lacks the answers to the fundamental question of why. But as you can see, I write about him as there is some truth, in what he preaches. If you wonder after working hard on your job for decades and you are not wealthy enough to

Forever teledramas and infinite novels When I was young, I listened to teledramas on some boring family affairs. Falling in love, relationships, family disputes etc. These teledramas were long, sometimes aired for years. While the beginning is played, they did not even know about the complete plot, as there would be major plot twists once in a while throughout the year. I call them forever teledramas. After some time, even these forever teledramas would end. They would no lon

Moral ambitions You might have moral ambitions towards society and others. If you're working in education, you might want to improve literacy and build a better system of education for future generation (maybe put some professors in kindergarten). If you work in finance, you will utilize financial instruments to generate wealth which can be used to improve public health and human condition. If you are a millionaire, you might want to become a billionaire to become a philanthr

Tragic of Jack - the Crow and the carcass story Once upon a time there was a crow. Who happened to be starving from the previous day, it was searching for food from early morning. And on its way saw an elephant's carcass, floating on the river. Half eaten by animals, yet plenty of meat left, the crow landed on the carcass and started eating it. Soon there were other crows. They all were having a nice breakfast feast. However, the Elephant was so huge, that there was enough me

Well, maybe it is not true everywhere, but I would say a lot of times. Have you ever been called a coward? when you failed to meet your responsibilities, at work in home. Probably the blame came from someone significant in your life, boss, partner, friend. Being coward is a good thing, as it opens up opportunity to move forward. Called a coward is not a bad thing, as it gives you a significant opportunity to reconsider your life. Either you can dwell on the blame or just do a

Waking up a cave man. Imagine waking up as a caveman. Would it be like Croods? In the movie? I wouldn't guess a colorful world but a brutal one, with daily struggle to search food and water. Build a place for living on my own hands, fight for the rights of mating. Hot when it is sunny, cold when it is cloudy, and die when fallen sick. Yet, there would be no one responsible for my actions, other than me. I have a choice. If I do not eat, I die. If I do not fight, I do not get

Origins. I heard this nice metaphor, of course it originated from you tube. Some psychiatrist used it to describe what happens in a narcissistic relationship. Example goes like this. In a narcissistic relationship the victimized partner will get sunny days, rare and occasional these may seem, only happens when his/her intensions are aligned with the narcissistic person. However, when the victim lets, his or her guard down, they will again fall into the same exhausting routine

Curiosity Curiosity came first. Curiosity came even before wonder when we were first born, into this world. I am sure we were so curious of our surroundings, we sniffed the first fresh breath of air once we were out from our mother's womb like a man gasping for the last breath on his deathbed. We looked at everything with cute little curious eyes. These were the eyes of every criminal, every lawyer, every doctor and every teacher whom we had become, yet only planted with curi

Law of non-contradiction. In logic and mathematics, law of non-contradiction is considered a valuable tool to proving statements. Basically, the rule says a preposition (a statement) and its negation both cannot be true at the same time. Such that if you say, "this cat is white" automatically this disregards the statement "this cat is brown". Yet there is a problem, at least in the case of cats. In life you will find many examples that law of non-contradiction is false. A swa

Maybe It's inferiority Complex. Have you ever felt like you are not good enough compared to others? That you are a failure, disadvantaged, disabled, unlucky and unfortunate. You feel jealous of success of others but fail to take action as you're scared of criticism? Maybe you are suffering from an inferiority complex. If you are trying to prove you're better than others all time every day, then you will never be able to feel self-worth right now. As there will always be someo

Life can be only understood backwards - Soren Kierkegaard Illusion of control. How much of your life is under your control? A lot, right? You are responsible for most of the things you do, and outcomes you create for yourself. You may believe that, If I just stop watching phone every minute, build a vision for myself and work smart, and disciplined myself, I can create a nice future for myself. This my friend is the illusion of control. Feeling of control, you feel after you