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The Right Mindset for a More Meaningful Life
Posted on February 8, 2021 by Kēphen
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Appreciation, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Dealing With Loss, Death, Delusion, Dying, Ego, Ethics, Existence, Existential, Existentialism, Fulfillment, Gratitude, Happiness, Honesty, Human Connection, Insight, Inspiration, Introspective, Joy, Lessons on Living, Life, Loss, Loss of Loved Ones, Meaning, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mortality, Philosophy, Purpose, Rarity of Life, Reality Check, Reflecting, Ruminating, Truth, Value of Life, What Matters, Wisdom
When Life Hurts the Most
Posted on June 12, 2020 by Kēphen
When Life Hurts the Most We are all broken, none of us are lucky enough to get through life unscathed. What sets some apart from the rest is that they learn and grow and become stronger in the broken places. Who are you? Who… Continue Reading “When Life Hurts the Most”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Anxiety, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Broken, Choice, Courage, Depression, Emptiness, Fear, Fitness, Gratitude, Happiness, Hope, Hopelessness, Insight, Introspective, Lessons on Living, Life, Meaning, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mindfulness, Peace, Peace is Every Step, Power of Belief, Purpose, Recovery, Sadness, Self, Suffering, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, Teen, Thrive, Tragedy
The Thousand Year Journey
Posted on August 22, 2017 by Kēphen
The Thousand Year Journey Jedidiah Jenkins offers up some inspiring wisdom for those of us seeking deeper meaning in life: Follow Jedidiah on Instagram
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and Spirituality, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Awareness, Courage, Explore, Fun, Happiness, Healing, Health, Inspiration, Introspective, Joy, Learn, Lessons on Living, Meaning, Mindfulness, Nature, Travel, Wander, Wisdom
Everywhere You Go, There You Are
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Kēphen
Everywhere You Go, There You Are A decade ago my mind was in a very dark place. In this darkness I looked for the light, even the tiniest little bit of hope that my suffering had an ending and perhaps a meaning. I… Continue Reading “Everywhere You Go, There You Are”
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- The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act: 988 Takes Effect July 16, 2022
- Long December
- The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden
- Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
- Employment Nostalgia
- Vaccination?
- Should You Go Back to School?
- The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth
- Prajñāpāramitā Part III: The Sacred Lotus of the Dharma
- How to Practice Empathy and Prevent Emotional Impotence
- Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass
- The Power of Hope on the Journey of Recovery
- The Right Mindset for a More Meaningful Life
- Companionship: Love Not Lust
- Recovery: Hope is the Spark
- To Mask or Not to Mask
- Freckles: Chapter Nineteen
- When Life Hurts the Most
- Start a Conversation that Matters
- The Tragedy of Travis Maldonado
- The Power and Truth of Self-Awareness
- A Journey Called Hope
- The Scars of Loss
- Unsolicited Stranger
- The Dying Light of Unrequited Love
- Freckles: Chapter Eighteen
- Liberation and a Return to the Sacred
- The Perfect Life
- Love Me Not
- Chasing the Westward Sun
- Life After
- The Past That’s Not Forgotten
- In the Twilight of Memory
- Out of the Darkness: My Experience with a Mental Health Condition
- U.S. Behavioral Health and the Workplace
- Prajñāpāramitā Part II: The Heart of Insight
- Moments in Time
- To Be Acknowledged As Existing
- Choose To Live
- The Power of Belief
- Lords of the Wild
- The Inexplicable
- Genealogy: How To Research Your Family Ancestry
- Ben Tre: Keep the Loneliness Warm
- Genetics: The Basics of How You’ve Come To Be
- What the Story of Hiro-Kala Teaches Us
- When A Parent Dies
- Prajñāpāramitā Part I: The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion
- The Passenger
- His Light Carries On
- From Samanera to Bhikkhu: The Life of a Traditional Theravada Monk
- How To Start Eating Better
- The Macrocosm Perspective
- Human Sexuality Defined
- Alone In The Dark
- Nationalism and Police Brutality: The Deafening Sound of Ignorance
- The Middle Way and the Turning of the Wheel
- Identity Politics and the Slow Death of the American Moral Landscape
- The Thousand Year Journey
- His Empty Soul
- The Choice That Never Was
- No Arrival, No Destination, Just Being
- Respect For Living Things
- Abortion, Abstinence, Abuse, Birth Control, Teen Sex, and Unwanted Pregnancy
- The Darkest Corners of the Cyber World: Sexual Predation and Exploitation
- Freckles: Chapter Seventeen
- Everywhere You Go, There You Are
- Words To Live By
- Transgender in America
- On Faith and Fallacy: My Journey Out Of Christianity
- The Wall, Illegal Immigration, and the U.S. – Mexican Border
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- How Climate Change Affects Our Lives
- Muslim Refugees, Christianity and the Future of Freedom
- In Search of Self
- On Labels and Identity
- It’s Been A While
- Freckles: Chapter Sixteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fifteen
- Freckles: Chapter Fourteen
- Freckles: Chapter Thirteen
- Freckles: Chapter Twelve
- Freckles: Chapter Eleven
- Freckles: Chapter Ten
- Freckles: Chapter Nine
- Freckles: Chapter Eight
- Freckles: Chapter Seven
- Freckles: Chapter Six
- Freckles: Chapter Five
- Ubiquitous
- The Four Cornerstones
- Freckles: Chapter Four
- Freckles: Chapter Three
- Freckles: Chapter Two
- The Darklord
- Crash
- Freckles: Chapter One
- Anger, Violence, Death, and Regret
- Of God
- The Erosion of the Sagacious American Intellect
- Lemmings and Other Things
- Self-Reflection: To End A Cold, Damp Day
- The Man In The Mirror
- Two Journeys, One Life
- Keep You: Part Two
- Keep You: Part One
- The Demon In Me
- A River of Undying Flames
- Autumn Calls You Home
- These Walls, That Shadow, Those Memories and This Soul
- Meditation
- A Portal to My Mind
- At Peace With Goodbye
- Knowing the Road Ahead
- The Starry Night
- Asylum of My Mind: A Beckoning to Darker Places
- My Heart in the Sun
- The Sun Will Rise Again
- From Under the Thumbs of Demons
- The Poet’s Path: A Life of Pain
- Premonitions and Restitution
- Playing Chess With Demons
- The War of Depression: A Synopsis
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The Inexplicable
Posted on March 19, 2018 by Kēphen
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The Inexplicable Have you ever stopped to think for a moment how incredibly rare your existence actually is? The odds that you would ever come into being are literally on average a million to one. That’s literally a 0.000001% chance that you would be… Continue Reading “The Inexplicable”
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