Friday, April 25, 2014

10 Of The Most Inspiring Personal Development Quotes


Quotes often express profound truths in the most elegant ways. A good quote can be so strong in it’s message, that just for a moment- you stop in awe to fully take in the wisdom they express so efficiently.Encouraging us to live, to learn and ultimately evolve to become a better person.

Here are 10 of the most inspiring personal development quotes that we found to be the most inspirational. Be sure you share them with your friends and family to spread a little inspiration into their lives too.

1. “WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO CHANGE A SITUATION, WE ARE CHALLENGED TO CHANGE OURSELVES.” - VIKTOR E FRANKL - AUTHOR OF MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING

You can’t always change what somebody else is doing. You can’t force people, things or situations to assist in your personal direction in the way we want them to. So, if we have a problem with something, we have to take a step back and look at ourselves, because that’s the only thing we can change



2. “BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS WORLD.” - GANDHI

We all recognise this quote but it was a while before it’s true meaning really came to me. It’s a powerful call to take full responsibility for your life. Practice what you preach. Gandhi tells us that in order for us to see changes in the world, we are the ones who have to actively create them by ourselves. We are the ones who need to change first, nobody and nothing else. Complaining, criticising or theorising from a safe distance, just isn’t enough. We need to be responsible for ourselves and our environment and invoke the positive change we desire most.

3. “HE WHO HAS A WHY TO LIVE CAN BEAR ALMOST ANY HOW” - FREDRICK NIETZSCHE

Find and internalise your real purpose in life and you can overcome almost any difficulty you face. In other words, if you know why your life (and/or what you’ve chosen to do in life) is important then you begin to approach even more difficult obstacles with less resistance, overcoming with recognition of the importance of achieving the end goal. The ends always justifies the means.

4. “IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH IS THE ONLY WEAPON WE POSSESS.” - THE DALAI LAMA

If you are looking to grow as a person, you have to stay true to yourself to be truly free. When you ask yourself whether recent decisions, current working situations or future long term intentions are really what you want in life, try not to rationalise. Be conscious of your first instinctual answers, they are not to be ignored. The truth is often uncomfortable, but that’s how you make the true progress and really follow what you truly desire. What kind of situation do you want to be in?

It’s also relevant to many recent power struggles across the world today, Ukraine, Egypt, Venezuela, London. People rising up when they uncover the truth of their government agendas. Profit over people. But to live in a truly free society, these agendas must be transparent and exposing these truths is sure-fire way to promote real change.

5. “TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN’T DO THAN BY THE ONES YOU DID DO. SO THROW OFF THE BOWLINES. SAIL AWAY FROM THE SAFE HARBOUR. CATCH THE TRADE WINDS IN YOUR SAILS. EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER.” - MARK TWAIN

Seize the day. Mark Twain encourages you to go actively and courageously for what lays ahead. Take up those opportunities that throw you into the unknown. We’re often afraid of doing things when we do not know the final outcome, and instead opt for the comfortable ‘maybe another time’, I don’t really feel like it’ stunting our progress. 

6. “A PERSON WHO NEVER MADE A MISTAKE NEVER TRIED ANYTHING NEW.” - ALBERT EINSTEIN

Similarly to Mark Twain this one speaks for itself. Einstein advices us to have the courage to try something new. Woody Allen also half-jokingly, half-seriously said: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

From there, making mistakes along the way is an absolute necessity in learning how to do something new. No one picks up a unicycle and rides perfectly the first time. You watch in awe of their skill but only witness the end goal, the highlight reel, skipping the grazed knees and continual frustration they experienced. Making mistakes is the biggest part of the cycle to becoming successful in anything.

7. “HOLDING ON TO ANGER IS LIKE GRASPING A HOT COAL WITH THE INTENT OF THROWING IT AT SOMEONE ELSE; YOU ARE THE ONE WHO GETS BURNED.” - (SUPPOSEDLY) BUDDHA

When you react impetuously to a situation by feeling angry, we wait revengefully, with intent of directing it at another person. This primal way of thinking will always backfire on us and every time we end up with progressively more pain and injury. Remember it is a choice to be angry at someone and ultimately it only hurts ourselves. For me, this quote alone eliminated my previously aggressive approach to road rage the moment I fully took in it’s wisdom.


8. “LIFE WILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER EXPERIENCE IS MOST HELPFUL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.” - ECKHART TOLLE (AUTHOR OF THE POWER OF NOW)

We can’t cheat on life. There are no short-cuts. Every bad situation is an opportunity for us to grow. We get what we attract by the way we are at the moment. If we don’t learn from our mistakes, we will see the same situations reoccur over and over again until we finally change.

The author of The Power of Now reminds us that life always happens in the present moment and nowhere else. So to experience our life fully means centring our awareness in the Now.



9. “DON’T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY. NOTHINGS OTHERS DO IS BECAUSE OF YOU. WHAT OTHERS SAY AND DO IS A PROJECTION OF THEIR OWN REALITY, THEIR OWN DREAM. WHEN YOU ARE IMMUNE TO THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS, YOU WON’T BE THE VICTIM OF NEEDLESS SUFFERING.” - DON MIGUEL RUIZ –THE FOUR AGREEMENTS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PERSONAL FREEDOM

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally. When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally, you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others. It’s an incredibly empowering way to live.

10. “WHAT WE FEAR OF DOING MOST IS USUALLY WHAT WE MOST NEED TO DO.” - RALPH WALDO EMERSON - SELECTED WRITINGS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Furthermore, Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow. When your mind begins to fear something, take note. We’re not talking about ridiculous fears. If a wild bear is staring you down, I wouldn’t recommend walking towards it. But the little things that you fear daily, often dealing with money, weight loss, etc.. are incredibly important to learn how to deal with head on.

I challenge you to think of this quote each time you fear something for the next week. Start to believe that your inner fears are simply a compass showing you the way to a better life and see where it takes you.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Everything Wrong With Humanity, In One Short Animation [VIDEO]

This video by Steve Cutts was originally created in 2012, the environmental problems it addresses, like wildlife poaching, factory farming and deforestation, remain just as urgent today as they were then.



Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at man's relationship with the natural world.

Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg


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77 Mind Blowing Facts That Sound Stranger Than Fiction But Are Completely True


Did you know that there’s an animal that produces pink milk, or that it is almost with certainty that the water you are drinking right now once passed through a dinosaur?

Here is a collection of 80 fascinating facts to enrich your knowledge. So read on, and get ready to have your mind blown into a different timezone.

1. If you put your finger in your ear and scratch, it sounds just like Pac-Man.
2. The YKK on your zipper stands for “Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha.”
3. Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
4. Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barbara Walters were born in the same year, 1929.
5. The name Jessica was created by Shakespeare in the play Merchant of Venice.
6. Hippo milk is pink.
Via factslist.net
7. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.
8. Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
9. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.
10. Cashews grow like this:
Via hort.cornell.edu
11. The toy Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
12. Woody from Toy Story has a full name too — it’s Woody Pride.
13. And while we’re at it, Mr. Clean’s full name is Veritably Clean.
14. Oh, and Cookie Monster’s real name is Sid.
15. Carrots were originally purple.
16. The heart of a blue whale is so big, a human can swim through the arteries.


Via geekosystem.com
17. Pineapples grow like this:
hiyori13 / Via Flickr: hiyori13
18. Vending machines are twice as likely to kill you than a shark is.
19. Home Alone was released closer to the moon landing than it was to today.
20th Century Fox
20. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
21. Not once in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme does it mention that he’s an egg.
22. France was still executing people with a guillotine when the first Star Warsfilm came out.
23. Armadillos nearly always give birth to identical quadruplets.
24. Betty White is actually older than sliced bread.

Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for TV Land
25. The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
26. A strawberry isn’t a berry but a banana is.
27. So are avocados and watermelon.
28. New York City is further south than Rome, Italy.
29. North Korea and Finland are separated by one country.
Via rsf.org
30. Mammoths went extinct 1,000 years after the Egyptians finished building the Great Pyramid.
31. There are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos.
32. Nintendo was founded as a trading card company back in 1889.
33. The man who voiced Fry on Futurama, Billy West, also voiced Doug on Doug.

Via funnyjunk.com
34. The last time the Chicago Cubs won the baseball World Series, the Ottoman Empire still existed.
35. And lollipops had not yet been invented.
36. And women did not have the right to vote in the United States.
Via theheckler.com
37. If you shrunk the sun down to the size of a white blood cell and shrunk the Milky Way Galaxy down using the same scale, it would be the size of the continental United States.

38. John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, has a grandson who’s alive today.
Via geneamusings.com
39. Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil was at the beginning of The Fresh Prince.
40. The show the The Wonder Years aired from 1988–1993 and covered the years 1968–1973. Today, in 2014, if one were to make a similar show, it would cover the years 1994–1999.
41. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
42. Duck Hunt is a two-player game. Player two controls the ducks.

Nintendo
43. The difference in time between when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now.
44. One more fact about the Cubs: The last time they won the world series, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, and New Mexico were not yet states.
45. Speaking of Alaska — it’s simultaneously the most northern, the most western, and the most eastern state in the U.S.
46. Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun from the time it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet.

Via wishlist.soup.io
47. A thousand seconds is about 16 minutes.
48. A million seconds is about 11 days.
49. A billion seconds is about 32 years.
50. And one trillion seconds is about 32,000 years. A trillion is a lot.
51. But the good news is: Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey.
Via Flickr: sionakaren
52. There are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth.
53. And there’s enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of water.
Via upload.wikimedia.org
54. There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.
55. For every human on Earth there are approximately 1.6 million ants. The total weight of all those ants is approximately the same as the total weight of all the humans on Earth.
56. An octopus has three hearts.
57. Mario hits blocks with his hand, not his head.

Via drheckle.net
58. The CEO of Food For The Poor is named Robin Mahfood.
59. One in every 5,000 babies is born with a condition known as “imperforate anus.” This means the baby is born without an anus and has to have one created manually in the hospital.
60. You can’t hum while holding your nose.
61. It rains diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.
62. Also, this is what Jupiter would look like if it were as close to us as the Moon is:
Via twistedsifter.com
63. And this is what sand looks like under a microscope:
Courtesy of Dr. Gary Greenberg / sandgrains.com / Via sandgrains.com
64. If a piece of paper were folded 42 times, it would reach to the moon.
65. The pyramids were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us.
66. If you dug a hole to the center of the Earth and dropped a book down, it would take 42 minutes to reach the bottom.
67. There is 10 times more bacteria in your body than actual body cells.
68. And 90% of the cells that make us up of aren’t human but mostly fungi and bacteria.
69. Every two minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
Via pinterest.com
70. Peanuts are not nuts. They grow in the ground, so they are legumes.
Via cropsinpots.blogspot.com
71. Turtles can breathe out of their butts.
72. The dot over an “i” is called a “tittle.”

73. There are more atoms in a glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on Earth.
74. The probability of you drinking a glass of water that contains a molecule of water that also passed through a dinosaur is almost 100%.
75. At the time the current oldest person on Earth was born, there was a completely different set of human beings on the planet.
76. And at the time you were born, you were briefly the youngest person in the entire world.
77. And, finally, “dog food lid” backwards is “dildo of God.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Lemon & Baking Soda Shown To Be Powerful Healing Combination


In an age where cancer rates are rising incredibly fast, the need for alternative treatments is becoming even more prominent. Research is being put into a number of different avenues with one supporting Dr. Marty Pagel, PhD, from the University of Arizona Cancer Center, who will test the effects of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) on breast cancer patients. He is receiving a $ 2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to find to perform the study.


An important note to understand right off the top- any treatment for cancer will react differently in various patients and also to various types of cancers. Traditional methods can work well on some cancers and terribly on others. The same can be said for various natural cures. On top of this fact, the state of the human body receiving treatment with either method also plays a big role. Do they have access to clean organic food? Clean water? Do they believe and feel they can overcome their disease? These are all important factors with any treatment.

A number of studies in the past have shown interesting in vivo results surrounding the use of sodium bi-carbonate on cancer tumors. While research is not fully complete on the matter, early results are already showing some powerful effects of tumor metastasis. This of course encourages funding for further research as early signs are looking good.


Dr. Robert J. Gillies and his colleagues have already demonstrated the effectiveness of baking soda in alkalinizing the area around tumors in mice. The same researchers found that bicarbonate increases tumor pH and also inhibits spontaneous metastases in mice with breast cancer. 

Lemon has shown to contain anti-carcinogenic properties as it contains limonoides which are phytochemicals found in a number of citrus fruits.  Lemon also has been shown to have strong anti-microbial effects which has been tested in research exploring the idea that cancer is very much like a fungus within the body.  When treating cancer as a fungus, various methods can be used and some have found that lemon and bicarbonate can help fight the fungus causing various types of cancer.

Lemons are also effective in helping the body detoxify. They are rich in vitamin C and help your body neutralize cell-damaging free radicals. Limonene, a substance found in lemons also helps to stimulate lymph flow which is important in removing carcinogens from the body. A weak or under performing lymph system is a big part of disease promotion.

Lemon is also used to help balance Ph. They are taken together as it is believed that lemon is one of the safest ways to introduce high alkaline substances into the system. These methods of treatment are able to approach carcinogenic cells and destroy them without destroying healthy cells. This is another key factor as chemotherapy destroys all cells which includes the healthy ones.

Together lemon and baking soda help to fight cancerous cells or diseases in the body while helping to increase the body’s ability to clean itself up of what may be causing the diseases in the first place. Having lemon as a part of your diet is certainly healthy and taking this combination as a detox can also be helpful even if you don’t have an illness.

One method I have found for introducing this into your body as a drink is to mix 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda into 250ml of water with about 1 half of a lemon. Please check into more recipes that might work for you. I have personally taken this mixture if I ever had stomach issues or was feeling like I might be getting sick. It has been very successful each time I’ve used it. Of course, always do your own research and check with a health professional if you wish.

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10 Things Happy People Dont Care For

In my own personal journey of trying to be a better person, I realised that it was all about aiming to be happy. Nothing more, nothing less. When you’re happy, you’re effectively better in every aspect of your life.

The second realisation is that happiness comes from shedding the unnecessary in life, as in you need to stop caring about certain things.

The third realisation? A lot of these unnecessary things are painfully obvious. More often than not, it’s plain common sense.

Here’s 10 things happy people don’t care for.

1. AGE

Indeed, age is just a number. And happy people know this for sure.

They don’t let this ever-increasing number define who they are and what they do. They just do whatever it is they want!

Life is short. Before you know it, age catches up. You might as well make full use of life before your body actually reflects your age.

On a more candid note, I know of friends who are happy because they date people younger than them. They actually found true love despite the age gap.


2. CARING ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OR SAY

This is one of the biggest blocks to our happiness.

Happy people don’t care for that. They recognise that the words of others are never accurate and should never judge them for who they are and what they’re capable of.

Instead, they block it out. They don’t allow such false illusions to get in the way of what it is they want to do or how they feel. Only what they think of themselves matter.


3. JOBS

That’s not to say happy people are unemployed.

The key idea is: You’re not your job.

Sure, a job is important for stability and survival in today’s society. But other than that, your job scope and status at work should be left at the office. If you don’t, it’s going to seep into your everyday life and you’d end up feeling tired, bored or stressed out.

What matters more is your talent, passion and outlook on life. Allowing your job to take over any of that would only mean you’re allowing a label to define who you are.


4. FEAR

Fear is not real. Happy people know that.

With that, they know that the nervousness and anxiety that supposedly comes with fear are not real. They block it out, get out of their comfort zone, feel a little crazy and just do what they want anyway.

There’s just no point holding back in life just because you feel a little scared.


5. THE NEGATIVE STATE OF THE WORLD

There’s a lot of disturbing stuff going on out there. War, protests, riots, animals going extinct or innocent people having bad things happen to them.

Happy people don’t deny any of these, but they do a good job in making sure it doesn’t affect how they feel.

The happiest people I know simply focus on trying to make the world a better place, one small step at a time. They may not be able to create a revolution overnight, but they know that by showing a little kindness and compassion to our fellow man, the world is that much more positive already.

Don’t let the negative in life get to you. It’s not your fault others have made it this way.


6. TOXIC PEOPLE

“You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with”.

Brilliant quote.

Ever had to deal with an annoying friend or somebody who’s just really self-destructive?

Dump them. It’s time to create a positive environment for yourself.

Happy people gain happiness from the people they are with and not just from within. This is an amazing life hack that most people overlook. If you’re feeling unhappy, take a look around. Sometimes it’s the people that are just dragging you down.


7. THE PAST OR THE FUTURE

The past does not exist, neither does the future.

If you want to be happy, you’ve got to let go of the past and move on with life. Learn from it and grow from it, then make sure you don’t repeat the same mistakes.

As for the future, happy people pretty much let go of expectations. .

When you let go of the past and future, then you can truly enjoy the present.


8. EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN

Start doing things for the sake of doing things. Help others for the sake of being compassionate. The true reward is knowing that you’ve added positivity in others.

Happy people let go of always wanting something in return. That’s how they never get disappointed.


9. COMPLAINING

Complaining is the result of an unhappy life. Sometimes things don’t go your way. You can’t escape that.

But complaining is useless. Happy people know that. They’re instead, grateful for what they have and then they try to find the solution with a positive mindset.


10. CONFORMING TO SOCIETY’S STANDARDS

Just like age, there’re a lot of labels out there that try to define who we are. Expectations are always thrown at us and it can be pretty overwhelming at times.

Happy people don’t care for any of that. They take time their time. They look within and do what they want in life.

This is how happiness is created: Not doing things you don’t care for.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

A 14 Year Old Wrote A Poem. And When You See The Secret Message, You Won’t Forget It.

Once again, the Internet has proven that you should never judge a book by its cover. Stereotypes, more often than not, can be wrong. Derek Nichols posted a picture of his 14 year-old brother’s poem, My Generation, to Twitter. You might think a teen boy’s poetry would be boring… but this poem in particular was enthralling.

His brother uploaded a picture of the poem to Twitter because he thought it was neat. However, we think this poem’s wisdom could change your outlook on life. And that’s not even the coolest part about the poem.


Read the poem once through first…

Our generation will be known for nothing.
Never will anybody say,
We were the peak of mankind.
That is wrong, the truth is
Our generation was a failure.
Thinking that
We actually succeeded
Is a waste. And we know
Living only for money and power
Is the way to go.
Being loving, respectful, and kind
Is a dumb thing to do.
Forgetting about that time,
Will not be easy, but we will try.
Changing our world for the better
Is something we never did.
Giving up
Was how we handled our problems.
Working hard
Was a joke.
We knew that
People thought we couldn’t come back
That might be true,
Unless we turn things around

Did you notice it? (We bet not.) Now, read the poem again – only backwards.


Unless we turn things around
That might be true,
People thought we couldn’t come back
We knew that
Was a joke.
Working hard
Was how we handled our problems.
Giving up
Is something we never did.
Changing our world for the better
Will not be easy, but we will try.
Forgetting about that time,
Is a dumb thing to do.
Being loving, respectful, and kind
Is the way to go.
Living only for money and power
Is a waste. And we know
We actually succeeded
Thinking that
Our generation was a failure.
That is wrong, the truth is
We were the peak of mankind.
Never will anybody say,
Our generation will be known for nothing.


Derek’s little brother was able to craft an insightful poem, that had layers hidden to the casual reader. The sentiment changes from despair to hope, just by reversing the poem. The talent it would take to write such a piece of art is incredible. I hope this boy pursues his talent as a writer. He has a great start.

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