Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was on to something when he made this quote. I’m not much of a painter, or rather I should say I have never given it much effort, but I do enjoy writing poetry from time to time. There isn’t a right or wrong time to try your hand at it, and sometimes…
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Negative emotions always involve blaming someone or something; the choice is yours to learn or to blame.
An observation I’ve noticed is that when we are in a negative mindset, or dealing with someone experiencing negative emotions, there is always someone or something to blame, be it ourselves or something outside of us. This represents an opportunity to flip the situation on it’s head, however, it is easier said than done. Every…
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Blood is thicker than water, but in what regard?
Most people will hear or use the phrase “Blood is thicker than water,” but do you know the origin and what it actually means? Often, people will use the phrase thinking it means one thing, when the origin paints precisely the opposite picture. Blood is thicker than water might seem like it is meant to…
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The health of the community rests on the foundation of individual self-care.
We can recognize that one of the most valuable assets in life is our health. An assignment that I am working on this semester has us creating a memo for a made up company focusing on inspiring employees to take action to improve their health and their families health, and ultimately the health of a…
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Karma; you always get what you deserve.
What you get from life is a direct reflection of what you put into the world. That is the basic principle of karma, although a simpler way of saying it that you may be more familiar with is what goes around comes around. As I examine my own life and my good and bad days,…
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People skills and what awaits the next generation.
I had a brief conversation with a neighbor today about how schools are not adequately preparing students for the real world, and one of the subjects that I feel needs special attention is soft people skills. In the past, it was expected that these would be naturally cultivated through interactions at school with peers and…
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Art is the juxtaposition of the soul into reality.
Many years ago, with the context of the quote eluding me, I shared with friends this idea, that art is the juxtaposition of the soul into reality. My high school senior class yearbook theme was juxtaposition. I didn’t know what the word meant at the time, until about a year after I had graduated when…
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Resilience can only be forged in the flames of turmoil.
I didn’t know when I would start a blog, or what I would write about for my first post, and from all of the reading I’ve done lately in self-development books and knowledge gained in business workshops, the thing I learned is that there often isn’t a right or wrong way to go about doing…
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