A healthy mind, is a healthy body

“Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.”

- Astrid Alauda

via Dangerously Debonair

I've talked a little about meditation on this blog and its powers for changing the brain.  I also firmly believe that a a troubled mind has a great effect on physical health - don't let your inner critic overwhelm you, breathe deeply to minimise your stress and anxiety, and let compassion fill your heart and mind.  Your body will thank you.

Why I love to write.

“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

- Lord Byron

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Speaking of...not settling, following your passion and living the guts out of life

Don't settle

via The Glamourai 

Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years go on. So keep looking. Don’t settle.

—Steve Jobs, Standford Commencement Speech 2005.

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Aaron Sorkin makes anything beautiful

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sorkin/sarah-palin-killing-animals_b_793600.html

While the title of this Huffpost article ("Sarah Palin killing animals") may appear to have absolutely nothing to do with beauty, if you've seen the West Wing, The Social Network or anything else that Aaron Sorkin has written you know he has quite the way with words.  And that my friends, is beautiful, anyway you put it.