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Tag Archives: life
Light
We all fall into the darkness. When I can attribute a “normal” cause to my feelings (i.e. my head is spinning because I got too drunk), then I am fine with pain or abnormalities because I either know how to … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged amos lee, kevin carlstead, life, light, mental health, mental health awareness, the darkness
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Are You Feeling Small?
Interview skills. Fashion. Big words. Excuses. Resumes. Being politically correct. The man-made mirage of our forced image covers ourselves and confuses our trust when observing reality. What is real? Are you lying? Nature doesn’t lie. Why do we? Ego. Every … Continue reading
Posted in Image
Tagged confused, ego, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, feeling the pull, fulfillment, glen hansard, Image, kevin carlstead, life, life is big, Love, marketa irglova, Meaning, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, mirage, nature, the swell season, Trust, we are small
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Bear
At a young age, my dad took me cabin camping in Yosemite. There were a lot of warning signs for bears, including the special “bear out” trash cans. I did not know what this meant, but when we all saw … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged didn't he ramble, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, glen hansard, honesty, kevin carlstead, life, Love, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, reality, rhythm & repose, self-awareness, self-worth, selfhelp, stay the road, Talking with the wolves, truth
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Brewing the Storm
When the stress flies thru my doors and confusion and complexities pile up from being overwhelmed with my focus, the hesitation then anxiety and finally anticipating paranoia comes rushing in. All I want. Is for my mind to relax. Is … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged cage, Choice-Based Life, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, focus, Ground, ground EP, kevin carlstead, life, Love, Meaning, Mental addiction, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-worth, selfhelp
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“Purpose Determines Outcome”
We drove by a grocery store parking lot. I caught a glimpse of a shopping cart in the middle of one of the spots. My mind immediately went to “let’s pull over and move it out of the way.” Being … Continue reading
Posted in Choice-Based Life
Tagged acoustic, animals, awareness, beauty, black or white, change, character, clear direction, comfort, details, direction, emotions, exercise, experience, explore, Fact, Facts, freedom, fulfilled, gray, gray reality, grayness, grow, henry david thoreau, human beings, irrational, jack johnson, kevin carlstead, life, life-purpose, live, Love, Meaning, mind, motivation, not black or white, park city, paul hatherley, personality, perspectives, practice, purpose, quiz, ralph waldo emerson, rational, reality, reason, Respect, respectable, satisfaction, self-reliance, selfless, student of life, survival, test, they do they don't, thoughts, truth, vague purpose
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The Student
There is always a transition happening in front of us. Whether it be: Needing to pee, so we stop what we are doing and go to the bathroom A friend’s death, so we stop our routine to mourn in the … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged alone, anticipation, autobiography of control, Carlstead, character, control, death, demo, depth, dreams, feel, grip, grow, invisible mind, joy polimeni, Kevin, learn, life, live, Love, mask, new song, pain, pass me by, potentials, Real, reality, roll, roll away, roll down, roll out, time, transition, true, truth
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In Response to “Fault in our Stars”
I like to listen to this from the Fault in our Stars soundtrack while I read these words: Among the pains transitions and realities all filling up our perspective…we try…we try our hardest to keep the beauty in sight…to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, care, death, Fault in our stars, happy, life, look around, Love, pain, reality, transition, understand
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