Living a Thoughtful and Authentic Life

Getting into a rut is easy. Our schedules dictate our lives and create patterns that can be difficult to break. These patterns are created around our work and family schedules. These are two very important aspects of our daily lives so the ruts created around them are necessary. Our obligations don't always have to create ruts but we can get caught up in the daily grind of life. We get so busy that we forget to get out and experience life. As much as someone might love our families or maybe their career, they both still can create ruts. We are defined by the experiences in our life. People often times forget to get out and experience life because of these ruts. The daily grind can wear us down and we do not make time to have new adventures. Ruts bring us down and stop us from growing fully as a person. The second we stop experiencing new adventures is the second that we become stagnant and being stagnant is one of the most debilitating issues one can face. New adventures are ke

Words can be the most destructive weapons on the planet. They start wars, end relationships and cause hurt beyond repair. People so callously hurl hurtful words at each other that cause long lasting damage. Undoing this damage can be long and hard work. Some people struggle with the damage. Some are able to overcome. Learning to chose our words thoughtfully and carefully towards others is a good creed to live by. And although we can start to learn how to choose our words carefully towards others, sometimes choosing the words carefully that we hurl at ourselves can be the most difficult change that we face. It is easier for humans to watch what they say to others versus what they say to themselves. We are more apt to hurl hurtful words that cause self-harm than to speak kindly and encouraging to ourselves. There are many common phrases that many people use to hurt themselves every day. Phrases like "I'm so stupid" or "I can't" are used every day to bring pe