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Tag Archives: pain
Animals
I am observing white geese, gray geese, ducks, and crows as they relax with their kin by the shore. The geese are individually cleaning themselves and, as I walk towards them, I seem a bit too close. The white, meaty … Continue reading
Posted in Humans & Society
Tagged american dream, control, fake, fear, human, Image, impulse, Meaning, mental health, nature, pain, reality, suicide
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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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American Dream: Control
There is a force field around me There is a grip on my thoughts There’s a chain holding my actions and my self-awareness lost It’s the sheep that keep me quiet The loneliness that keeps me tied Want so bad … Continue reading
Posted in Image
Tagged alone, assumption, assumptions, autobiography of control, black and white, Carlstead, chain, contradicting, experience, fake, fear, feel good, feelings, force field, gray, grip, habit, Image, Kevin, learn, lie, lost, meaningful life, Mental addiction, pain, perspective, pleasure, popular, purpose, Real, reality, reason, self-awarness, society, true, truth, understand, wisdom
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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
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged beauty, care, death, Fault in our stars, happy, life, look around, Love, pain, reality, transition, understand
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Adding the Extra Step
– Allow myself to think how I naturally do in every situation – – Allow myself to feel how I naturally do in every situation – If I lived like this and only this, my actions would end up based on … Continue reading
Posted in Choice-Based Life
Tagged beauty, conscious, crazy, direction, Facts, feelings, fulfilling, impulsive, impulsive life, internal, life-affirming, Love, Meaning, meaningful life, mumford & sons, natural, organizing, pain, passion, passionate, pleasure, purpose, reality, self-consumed, simple-minded, The Cave, thoughts, truth, wisdom
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Dealing With Pain
#1: Do your Normal Routine Activities – CONSISTENCY Just do them no matter how bad you feel, because the next time you doubt your ability to do it because of how bad you feel, you will have that last experience … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged bear's den, beauty, Consistency, fulfillment, kevin carlstead, life, Love, Meaning, no control, pain, pompeii, Respect, self-esteem, self-worth, Utilize pain, Value
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Walking on Eggshells
I’m walking on eggshells inside of my mind, to run and to hide from being alive. – – – When I grasp tight to the activities of my day, a voice … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged alive, alone, anxiety, autobiography of control, cage, Carlstead, control, Eggshells, EP, esteem, external needs, freeze, inside, internal development, internal needs, irrational, Kevin, loss, Love, New, pain, Part 2, patience, patient, rational, Re:Cage, reasoning, reflect, resilient, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, worries, worry
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