Life and death.

I've recently come to the conclusion that we are either chasing the thrill of live or the slow pull of death. There is no in-between and the saying live life to the fullest seems to make more sense. Why can't we find a middle option, one that gives us hope of eternal life and in religion salvation. What is it that we all seek but the desires within our hearts. To be something greater than we are, the pull that drives us to want success and material things. To some living life means to have a successful career, a family, kids and to others it means taking a different approach and experiencing the wonders of the world and what it has to offer. Does that mean we are searching for an inner peace, one that can only be obtain by fulfilling some kind of obligation by making ourselves into someone of remembrance? 

I know that many of our dreams are handed down and are taught as what we are suppose to do with our lives. But what if that wasn't originally in the grand scheme of things that we are not suppose to change some desire but to nurture the world and one another. Instead of letting our personal wants and selfishness guide our decisions. Letting instinct and the care for others guide our decisions. The world would be a different place and people wouldn't be consumed with fashion trends or new technology but to see mankind continue and not destroy our home like we have done for years. 

If we opened our minds to the problems of others and mother nature who is clearly screaming at us silently we can provide a better place and a kinder place to exist in. 

Thanks, 

Madyson. 

Finding ourselves.

It's not about the soul search or the values that each of us have but the our own truths and our personal beliefs about things that define who we truly are. We grow as people constantly, are we able to truly find ourselves or in the grand scheme of things are we supposed to continue growing in some way until we die.

I know questions and more questions but if we truly step away and take a look at us as individuals can we say that we are truly happy that there isn't one aspect of ourselves that we desire to change. Now I'm not talking about parts of our lives but our personalities and the way that we go about things. I'm almost 98 percent sure that all of us have some part of us that we could change. For instances attitudes or our undeniable way we all judge others in one way or another. 

I personally believe that we all are born and grow to have imperfections in all of us because it makes things more interesting. Think about it. 

If everyone on the planet were perfect 100 percent with no flaws how would emotions like love come into play, How could you love someone that was exactly like you. I'm sorry but I couldn't i need spice in my life. The world would be a boring place. No opinions. nothing. Yuck how bland that would be.
So that brings me to this.
That we are all imperfectly perfect and have a unique blend of personality for a reason, it makes life more fun. When of course were not breathing down each others necks wanting to kill each other.
If we could except all the different personalities and cultures in the world. We would expand our minds into different ways of thinking and growing and could actually have a better understanding of things and could incorporate these different cultures and values into ourselves.

Just a thought....

Yours, truly
Madyson. 

Hassles.

I recently started college, studying psychology what amazed me was this course I took about the stressors in our everyday lives no matter how big or small. Our stress can be caused from something not going the way we intended it to, to even bigger issues like not meeting quotas at work.
Upon working through the course I realized that as humans we stress way to much over things that we shouldn't and that stress is a leading cause of mental illness, panic attacks and the most common is anxiety.
I myself suffer from anxiety. It is a big obstacle that can lead to big stressors over simple things.
Now, I know that there are many things in this life to stress about but imagine if we all took the time out and used techniques to help manage our stress. I.e. Woman use bubble baths to "wash away" the stress. some men use exercise as a way to "sweat it out".
Though, there are more effective methods that we can take like breathing techniques and management of our schedules. Penciling in some "alone" time can help with whatever hectic schedule you have. As for the small stressors, If you feel like you are going to pull your hair out because something take a step back and laugh about it. As we all know laughing is healthy for us.
Also, I wanted to mentioned one of the other students in the course mentioned that they thought that stress was apart of our genetic makeup and as we grow up and realize the complicated things around us that this factor kicks In.  By the way it seems I have to agree with them can we think of a time when we first started stressing out. Might have been in our pre teen stages when middle school rolled around and we were concerned with making friends and fitting in and the guys worrying if their crush liked them. This was also the time when what grades we made really started to matter and things seemed to get worse and worse and the responsibilities kicked in. We then realized that we were not these small carefree kids anymore but really young "almost" adults, with descions of our own to make.
In a scientific perspective- Stress really boils down to the biological and environment influences that peg us each and everyday.

So my advice next time the stress gets to be too much, relax don't over do things and find a distraction from the current obstacle that causes the stress.

Thanks
Maddy