Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Marc’s Words of Wisdom 07Jan 2014 – Optimism
I never considered myself an optimist. I thought I was a realist through and through, always making sure I understood that, for every good thing that happens, something bad must happen. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I was often mistaken for a pessimist not because of my looking for something good…
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Quote of the Day 6 January 2014 – Magic
“To my mind, ‘magic’ is the hard-to-define quality of the things that stir up mystical feelings like amazement, curiosity, imagination, and above all wonder. Magic is that which renders something beautiful in a spiritual sense. It is that which makes one feel as if the world is more than it is presently understood to be,…
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Quote of the Day 5 January 2014 – Appreciate
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by…
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Anonymous Words
The first victim of anger is the angry man.
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2013: The Year in Review is My 2014 New Year’s Resolution
I’m often asked to write in PTSD therapy. There are times I volunteer certain things because writing other than technical pieces has helped me lately. I told Patrick in therapy on Monday that I was going to write a “Year in Review” from the perspective of my life and personal growth I experienced in 2013……
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Quote of the Day 2 January 2014 – Serotonin
“The positive effect of kindness on the immune system and on the increased production of serotonin in the brain has been proved on research studies. Serotonin is a naturally occurring substance in the body that makes us feel more comfortable, peaceful, and even blissful. In fact the role of most anti-depressants is to stimulate the…
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Anonymous Words
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.
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Quote of the Day 31 December 2013 – Relationship
“There is a relationship between the eye contacts we make and the perceptions that we create in our heads, a relationship between the sound of another’s voice and the emotions that we feel in our hearts, a relationship between our movements in space all around us and the magnetic pulls we can create between others…
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Quote of the Day 30 December 2013 – Consistency
“So, whenever you find yourself putting forth great effort without success, you’re trying to force something that won’t fit under the circumstances. That’s a destructive waste of time. And if that isn’t enough to keep in mind, your techniques must always be allowed to evolve and change, in relationships, in life, in science, in society.…
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