Everywhere are Signs

Have you ever felt like something was a sign for you to do something? Did you do what it was the sign was pointing you toward?
Should you do something simply because you have experienced a sign urging you to? It might just be a coincidence but on the other hand, it could be the reason you take a risk and try something new.

What on Earth are you thinking?

There is no way for you to know what someone else is thinking. You can only guess what they might think about a particular situation. You can never actual know what exactly their thoughts on a subject are unless you ask them.
I find that I spend a lot of time trying to figure out what someone else might be thinking. I would save myself so much time if I just asked them, rather than attempting to speculate.

All it takes is a simple question, “What do you think?”

Realization

You cannot predict the future.

Not Dead Yet

This picture really makes me think. Is chivalry really dead? Are men really not going out of their way to be kind to women? And if so, why has this happened?
As far as I can tell chivalry is not dead. For the most part, men still do open doors for women, allow them to go before them in a line, and on a rare occasions walk on the street-side of the sidewalk (although this might just be a coincidence).
I think the biggest thing that killed chivalry was the women’s lib movement. All of the sudden women decided that they were the same as men, there should be no differences between men and women. Although I do think that all people should be paid the same salary for the same job, regardless of gender or race, this does not mean that it should translate into all aspects of life.
WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT FROM MEN!!!
I don’t know if you have noticed, but it is pretty hard not to. Besides just the physical differences, there are differences emotionally, psychologically, and personality-wise.

I don’t have a solution to this situation and really don’t have an opinion as to if men should or should not be chivalrous. But to my male readers: women do notice!

English Class

Have you ever read a poem that spoke to you? The words seemed to describe your inner feelings and personal thoughts?
I read an Emily Dickinson poem for an English class that brought me back to a very specific time in my life. It was as if she could read my mind and felt the same way I did in that situation.
As my professor described the theme, symbolism, rhyme scheme, and rhythm, the poem started to lose some of its initial meaning to me.
Who’s to say which interpretation is correct? There is no way to know what Emily Dickinson was thinking when she wrote it, so who are we to analysis it?


After great pain a formal feeling comes--
The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
And yesterday--or centuries before?

The feet, mechanical, go round
A wooden way
Of ground, or air, or ought,
Regardless grown,
A quartz contentment, like a stone.

This is the hour of lead
Remembered if outlived,
As freezing persons recollect the snow
--First chill, then stupor, then the letting go.

Glass Half-Full

Are you a positive or negative person? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Do you see the glass half-full or half-empty? Do you try to look for the good in a situation or do you only see the bad?

When you change your attitude to be more positive, your whole outlook on life changes. It’s fairly easy to always look on the bright side of things. When you are faced with a situation in which you think the outcome might be negative, just think what’s the worst that can happen? Most likely it’s not that bad. Your whole life will not fall apart because of this one thing.;

New Beginnings

I love new beginnings: the start of a school year, the first day at a new job, the beginning of a relationship. It is a change to begin fresh and establish a new routine and better habits. It can be a great time to reinvent yourself.

Can you recognize a new beginning in your life? What changes are you going to make? What goals are you going to set and accomplish?

Killing me Softly

There are always going to be people in your life that you don’t get along with, someone with whom you just aren’t compatible. This doesn’t mean that you aren’t nice to them, you just are never going to be close. This person may be someone with whom you are constantly disagreeing or picking fights. It sometimes seems as if this person is your enemy.
I have come up with a new strategy for dealing with this type of person. Kill them with kindness. Instead of being mean back to them, go out of your way to do something nice for them. This will do two things. It will first confuse them. “Why are they being nice to me after I was so unpleasant toward them?” The second thing it will do is frustrate them and make them feel guilty.

Killing me Softly

There are always going to be people in your life that you don’t get along with, someone with whom you just aren’t compatible. This doesn’t mean that you aren’t nice to them, you just are never going to be close. This person may be someone with whom you are constantly disagreeing or picking fights. It sometimes seems as if this person is your enemy.
I have come up with a new strategy for dealing with this type of person. Kill them with kindness. Instead of being mean back to them, go out of your way to do something nice for them. This will do two things. It will first confuse them. “Why are they being nice to me after I was so unpleasant toward them?” The second thing it will do is frustrate them and make them feel guilty.

Read Between the Lines

How much should you read into what others say?
There are times I think that there is more to what someone is trying to tell me than what they are actually saying. The problem with this is that you have to try to figure out what the subliminal message is. This can lead to misunderstandings, miscommunication, frustration, and confusion.

Why can’t people just say what they mean and mean what they say? Why do we think we have to be secretive and mysterious?