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Originally, "the world is really empty, it's our emotions that make it full." A variation "the world is really empty, it's our emotions that fill it." People who feel the world is empty are often not interfacing or interacting with others, be it electronically or face to face. While face to face is better, honest communication via phones, social media or messaging apps can be as meaningful. Notice the use of the word 'honest'. Honest communication are filled with emotions. When humans are able to connect emotionally, whether it positive or negative, their worlds are no longer empty. Negative emotions have a place. It prevents us from falling prey, warning us of danger. Positive emotions are most fulfilling. The best people are able to take negativity and create positivity.  

Why is it the more we crave, the less content we feel? Everywhere around us, everything tells us to ask for more, aim higher and get more stuff. But does stuff actually fills that hole? Or does it just make it feel deeper, more space to stuff things in. If fulfillment is what we seek, maybe we should do the logical thing. What is shorter than a straight line between two points? A shorter line. So maybe we should stop along the way to that second point. Make more points. Make a shorter line. In short, want less. If we want less, it's likely we can get what we want sooner. Be satisfied sooner. Fulfilled earlier.  And because we are human, we will want more later. Another point along they way. And another. And another. till we reach the other point. 

Perhaps all wisdom is ... is self-realization.

Sort of the opposite of the phrase, "jack of all trades, master of none." Was "Journey of Jack of all Trades begins with the mastery one." People who don't want to try something because they are afraid they are not good at it, will always wait. But when is someone good at it the first time, all the time? So try. Be good at it. Repeat.

Stupidity has to be fought, not celebrated. Idiocy has to identified, not identified with.

I try not to get upset when things go wrong. I used to. But over time, I've come to realize that when things go wrong, it is an opportunity for me to solve a problem. And I love solving problems. The more I do this, the less trying I need to not get upset. Soon it becomes natural. Perversely, I see this a form of the saying "Don't get angry, get even." Because getting even is one solution. Not getting upset is also a form of peace. Where you don't need to get riled over the smallest thing. Now, I'm turning that view outward. Out to the people around me. Where I used to deride, I now choose to encourage. Where I used to vilify, I now choose to help. Positivity is a choice we all can make. First it helps us. Then it'll help us help others. 

To the wise, this sunrise is the first of the day, the first of seven days, the first of a month and the first of a year. For they understand that the passing of time is constant and that each sunrise is one more day, just as was the day before. Others remember the passing of the new year and the passing of a year in life but the wise remember that time passes all the time. 

English: Footbridge over Garden The public footpath crosses a nice little footbridge which goes right over the centre of a delightful private garden. An excellent solution to a difficult problem (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Solving problems can be easier than we think.Sometimes it is the solution that 'prevents' us from solving a problem. But is it really? How many times have you thought, after solving a rather difficult problem, what was the big deal about? Why was it hard to fix in the first place? Why, in hindsight, something so easy to solve, seemed so difficult a problem? That the solution that was so simple, so difficult to just execute. It is maybe because the solution wasn't hard to begin with but was just a difficult choice. The reluctance to choose that solution or reluctance to put the solution in motion, makes the problem feel so much harder. So, the quote above distills the quandary to it's essence. It tries to capture this situation into wisdom that c...

Everybody makes mistakes. It is simply part of being who we are. Anybody who claims to have never made one, is lying. Big or small, a mistake was made somewhere. It's everywhere. Tward369 via photopin cc Some people simply eliminate the category altogether. 'There are no mistakes. Just setbacks / inconveniences / obstacles. All you can do is work around / move on / ignore them.' They work under the assumption that 'if nothing goes wrong, nothing is wrong'. Not admitting mistakes means not having to fix them. And that is the real objective. People attach a stigma to mistakes because of fear. Fear of prosecution. Fear of retribution. Fear of responsibility. This focus on the 'fear' delays and hinders efforts to fix the problem. Time is wasted on persecution and tossing blame between parties. Lost time that may be crucial to fixing the problem and recovering from it. The best way to move forward and focus on the remedy is forgiveness. It removes the b...

"I listened with fixed attention" Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Essentially similar to this quote and the one before that ..

Is Health wealth or will wealth pay for health   (Photo credit: 401(K) 2013 ) I've often wondered about success. How do some people succeed? Why do others fail? I look at the relationship between effort and success. Everyone used to tell me that you have to work hard to succeed. Later they told me to work smart and not work hard. Now everybody says that to be successful, you have to be passionate about what you do. Wait a minutes, isn't that just working hard but loving it? I look at people who are successful but didn't really do much to get there.I also see honest people working hard and barely making ends meet. Is success not supposed to be fair? I'd like to think that success is not a destination but a state of being. It is different for every people. Being successful it just a measurement but depends on what are you measuring for? I don't know what it all means.But I do see one thing. To be successful, you need faith. It could be faith in yourself or f...

Peace Education (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Time is relentless for those who try to stand against it. Time waits for no man. Neither does time wait for tides. Sometimes we get lost in life. We seem to wander around without direction. Or caught up in routines that keep us busy and occupied but never rewarding. We feel as if we are going around in circles. In truth, we don't have time to do that. Because time moves us on whether we want to or not. And we have no control over time. Only what we do with it. Time is both a highway and a resource. Use time to move us long towards meaningful goals as we experience meaningful connections and events. There should be a James Taylor song some where here.

Horizon (Photo credit: Nevalenx ) Life is a cycle.  There are days when we are on top of the world. There are days when we are low and in the dumps. The secret to surviving the ride up and the ride down is to take time to stop in-between. Be content of what you have even as your are getting more of it. Abundance doesn't need to be yours alone. Sharing can be rewarding.  And be thankful for what you had as the world crumbles around you. It'll give you time to find those that truly matter. They'll be there to cushion your fall and rise with you when things look up. Remember, life is a cycle. This sort of in the same vein as this.

The way we use adversity is strictly our own choice (Photo credit: symphony of love ) I always wondered what that really phrase meant,  "life sucks".  Where did it come from? Why did that person first said it. If life is literally sucking, I'd like it to be of some use. It might as well suck out the things I fear and doubt. It should suck away things that stop me from trying again and be accepting of the eventual outcome. Despite all the sucking, life still goes on. So if it sucks, let it be for the better.

Dangerous Risks Aside (Photo credit: epSos.de ) Whether we like it or not, we are taking risks every day. Crossing the street is risky. Actuarial scientists will say the risks vary. Poker players will say the odd are even in life. They are both right but it's still risky. So if you accept that you are always taking risks, why not take risks to succeed. Failure is always an option but it's failure only if you don't get up and try again. This quotes is the familiar form of stating things one way and pointing out the opposite which shares the same truths.

(Photo credit: robotbrainz ) In the ever so loud exclamation of everything must be positive to be positive, it is often forgotten that there will be times when we will fall and there will be times when the wall is simply too high to scale. Rather than try endlessly, why not turn to a friend or for help. Now what ever limits us is fewer. The limits are now that is common to two people. Some people will say that we can achieve success on our own. The next time they try to use a bridge, tell them to find a way across without it because that bridge is someone's helping hand.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) That is what a someone who puts quality over quantity will see. A capitalist will consider how much is the value of the liquid to others in the same room, the value of it somewhere else, the cost of moving the glass there, whether he can make the people in the room compete with the people over there to drive up the value and whether he can sell it to both of them and get away with keeping the glass.

English: Book of Knowledge (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) An improvement on a previous quote . The opposite of the above is condescension. Which just pushed to the fore the person you are rather than the knowledge you posses. Also begs the question of why is it you want to share: pride, prominence or ...

(Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Sympathy vs Empathy. The distinction between both is either razor thin or gulf wide, depending on which side you stand on. From Sympathy's side, empathy looks like a step away, two sides of the same coin. Because from Sympathy, all that can be seen are the similarities. Sympathy wants to be on the same side. Sympathy feels that same. From Empathy's side, Sympathy is an ocean away. The similarities can be seen from Empathy but they can't and won't be reached. Empathy has the burden of doing what is necessary, what is right. It knows the hurt now but always compares that with the pain to come if what is right is not done. It's not without emotion but can only make the landing softer from the fall. Related articles Apathy for Empathy Friendship and empathy blurred lines of sympathy & empathy The Word: Empathy Empathy

Sharing (Photo credit: courosa ) Some people demand respect before they will share thier knowledge. I learn all the time and I respect others by default. That makes it easier for me to constantly learn But you will loose that respect the moment you don't recognize that I'd given you respect and instead demand of it regardless whether it has been given or not. From you, i don't think there is much useful to learn.