Archive for July, 2008

Blog Carnival: 10 Posts about Realizing Your Potential - July 2008

Welcome to the first edition of the 10 Posts About Realizing Your Potential! This is a blog carnival I started to see what everyone else is saying about personal healing and growth. Since this is the first edition, and I am still trying to articulate what my carnival is about better, I didn’t [...]

How I Healed My Damaged Self-Esteem

Just as I wrote my big essay on self-esteem, I encountered an event that triggered a discovery and healing of where my own self-esteem was damaged. It’s a rather personal tale, but let me use it to illustrate how you can mend the foundation of your mind.
My Son’s Fall
A few days ago, I was [...]

Don’t Try to Be Happy

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances.
- Viktor Frankl
If you are trying to be happy, that means you are not, currently. You are waiting or searching for external something so that you can be happy.
And you will fail.
Don’t try. Be happy. [...]

Low Self-Esteem Is the Root of All Problems

In this extended essay on self-esteem, you will get a comprehensive picture of what it is, how it gets compromised, and how you can restore it. Low self-esteem is the underlying cause for all problems in your life — understanding this will pave the way to true and complete healing and unlocking your true [...]

You Are a Public Figure

Many of us love our anonymity.  We don’t have to carry the burden of being watched and analyzed — you don’t have to be on your best behavior all the time.  But that is actually an illusion.  Our actions are making impacts all the time, whether you realize or not.  In this post I discuss [...]

Miscellany: Time Off, rssHugger, June 2008 Recap

I’m going to take a break from the usual format to log tid bits in my personal walk.

I’m going on a mini-vacation, starting tomorrow until Sunday. It’s time for break! In the past 6 weeks I started this blog and got into the groove for writing. My focus and style is still [...]