There is no perfect person. We all do absurd things and have neuroses that make no, or very little, sense to others. From time to time, some of these may be
Author: Dave
What if you lost pretty much everything? You would be okay.What if you lost pretty much everything? You would be okay.
Excellence withers without an adversary: the time for us to see how great it is, how much its force, is when it displays its power through endurance. I assure you,
The point of art is to show us that each of us isn’t normal. And that’s normal – The Philosophy of: Leo TolstoyThe point of art is to show us that each of us isn’t normal. And that’s normal – The Philosophy of: Leo Tolstoy
Our picture of what is normal isn’t true to how most of us actually are. The brilliance of Leo Tolstoy as a writer can be primarily put down to one thing.
Fuck consequences (?) + The Philosophy of: Bernard Black from Black BooksFuck consequences (?) + The Philosophy of: Bernard Black from Black Books
If all significant events in life are transformative, where you can never know or explain what it’s like to have a kid, feel what it’s like to be married, get divorced,
A Deep Dive into: Sex – The pleasure of keeping clothes onA Deep Dive into: Sex – The pleasure of keeping clothes on
There might not be a word more confused or have a greater subjective meaning than any other in the English language than Love. But actually, no, yes there might. And its definition,
The philosophy of: Charles Bukowski [pt.2]The philosophy of: Charles Bukowski [pt.2]
Bukowski may have been on to something when he said ‘Find what you love, and then let it kill you’. Either way, our significance is completely insignificant, so what’s going
IT’S OFFICIAL!!! – Apple releases the new iPhone XS Max – ‘Everything you love just got necessarily fucking massive.’IT’S OFFICIAL!!! – Apple releases the new iPhone XS Max – ‘Everything you love just got necessarily fucking massive.’
Just when you thought the images on your screen were as life like and as fucking massive as possible, the iPhone XS Max has made them even more necessarily fucking
A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.10] – Even with rules, sex with a friend you love and admire will at least change the friendship and at worst, ruin it.A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.10] – Even with rules, sex with a friend you love and admire will at least change the friendship and at worst, ruin it.
This is a deep dive into the one word that may be more confused or have a greater subjective meaning than any other in the English language: Love. What does it really
A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.9] – If the strength of a friendship is based on how vulnerable you can be with each other, and if sex is the most vulnerable thing to do with someone (naked with no clothes on, nowhere to hide, or no weapons to protect you), why can’t friends have sex?A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.9] – If the strength of a friendship is based on how vulnerable you can be with each other, and if sex is the most vulnerable thing to do with someone (naked with no clothes on, nowhere to hide, or no weapons to protect you), why can’t friends have sex?
This is a deep dive into the one word that may be more confused or have a greater subjective meaning than any other in the English language: Love. What does it really
A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.8] – Is true love about admiration (of a friend)? + The [super fucking cool] Philosophy of: ‘Being just good friends’A Deep Dive into: Love [pt.8] – Is true love about admiration (of a friend)? + The [super fucking cool] Philosophy of: ‘Being just good friends’
This is a deep dive into the one word that may be more confused or have a greater subjective meaning than any other in the English language: Love. What does it really
Is a life lived guided by your head (and not your heart) a life worth living?Is a life lived guided by your head (and not your heart) a life worth living?
Even though life (and love) is absurd, if you live your life based on being rational, as opposed to following your heart (even if it leads to heartbreak, anguish and
Is it possible to exist both in the moment and with a part of you in the future too (whether worried/anxious or hopeful about it)? Is that an inherent condition of being a human (which makes it okay)?Is it possible to exist both in the moment and with a part of you in the future too (whether worried/anxious or hopeful about it)? Is that an inherent condition of being a human (which makes it okay)?
Can you be completely present in every moment? Is that the perfect life? But, if it is, are you sacrificing the joy of building something with others? Conversely, if you
Our time is short – The philosophy of Jason Mraz, Gang of Youths and SenecaOur time is short – The philosophy of Jason Mraz, Gang of Youths and Seneca
Some men, indeed, only begin to live when it is time for them to leave off living. And if this seems surprising to you, I shall add that which surprise
Whenever you feel flat or not like yourself, what do you do to bring yourself back? – The Philosophy of: Jason Mraz (and the joys of the small pleasures)Whenever you feel flat or not like yourself, what do you do to bring yourself back? – The Philosophy of: Jason Mraz (and the joys of the small pleasures)
Listening to songs that you did at happy times might bring you back to it. Looking at old photos of times where you most felt the way you love to might
Be Here Now. – Why is it so hard to be completely present in the moment? (And maybe this is how we can do it)Be Here Now. – Why is it so hard to be completely present in the moment? (And maybe this is how we can do it)
At any given moment, you may be with someone you care about, but your mind is going over things in your past, your ambitions for the future, your fears about
What is it like to be you?What is it like to be you?
The whole point of meaningful conversation may be one thing… to try to understand one thing we can never ever truly know… and that’s: what it’s like to be YOU.
How can we quickly bounce back and move on when things don’t go as we expected or hoped?How can we quickly bounce back and move on when things don’t go as we expected or hoped?
Imagine them going wrong. Visualise what you hope for not happening – in every little detail. Imagine the thing most wish for not happening. What would that look and feel
What is Truth to you?… Honesty? Sincerity?What is Truth to you?… Honesty? Sincerity?
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth’ – Henry David Thoereau What does truth mean to you? Is it some kind of universal truth based on science
NEWS ALERT: IT’S OFFICIAL!! – I don’t have Facebook or anything but I wanted to let everybody who reads this know that I CONTINUE TO BE ALIVE! Now do the same for everyone you know too, every few hours!!NEWS ALERT: IT’S OFFICIAL!! – I don’t have Facebook or anything but I wanted to let everybody who reads this know that I CONTINUE TO BE ALIVE! Now do the same for everyone you know too, every few hours!!
I will repost this several times a day, for as long as that continues to be the case! You should post it the same amount too! Okay, bye for now friends!
When it feels like the worst has come to the worst, and you feel like you’re suffering the worst of the worst alone, you never are.When it feels like the worst has come to the worst, and you feel like you’re suffering the worst of the worst alone, you never are.
If someone had a knife to your throat, and you were certain they were going to go slashy-slashy … what’s the one thing you’d wish for? A good job? To be