On Knowledge of Self – Dave Martin

The philosophy of: facing up to the truth and the folly (and danger) of denial

Acknowledging what is true, and what is really happening in your life, and not living in denial about things in your past is the way […]

Can you only truly love others after you first truly love yourself? – The Philosophy of: Queen’s Somebody to Love (on Self-Love)

There’s a shit ton of songs about rescue fantasies – about how when we find someone to love us it’ll complete us, give our life meaning, or even save […]

If someone points out a flaw in you, you can either get upset (which may mean you acknowledge it) or you can actively try change it. & what humour’s got to do with it.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Are you a sapiosexual?

What do you find’s most sexy and attractive in someone? The physical things you can see? Or the intangible things, and mostly their mind?

You don’t trust a lot of your instincts from when you were a kid (e.g. That you can fly, one day you ‘want to be a real T-Rex’, or that you actually get 3 lives IN REAL LIFE, like in Mario Bros*), so when something sets you off or upsets you, why trust those instincts (when they were probably formed around the same time)?

* That last one, my brother told me that one. When I found out it wasn’t true (when I was about 6), I cried. When […]

Question: Are you normal? (Answer: You’re not. And that’s normal.)

What is normal to you? And what’s ‘weird’? Anything unknown (and that challenges what you think is normal)? Well that can basically everything. What you see […]

Getting upset with people is not about them doing things because they don’t like or respect you, it’s a question of how much you like and respect yourself – How to stay calm with people (Look for the pin)… The philosophy of: The School of Life

If someone pisses you off or disappoints you, that is not an issue of them purposely doing things because you are easy to take advantage […]