Fact! People don't believe in themselves, and they feel uncomfortable if they don't feel like they have/do "what everyone else" has or does... and that usually ends up becoming a dead-end street.

Thanks for the kind words @cautiva-30! I think it is important to stay mindful of what it is that is really troubling us, when we pursue things to fill the voids inside. For example, loneliness cannot

Absolutely! Most of the Internet is little more than "smoke and mirrors." Sadly, things keep progressing in a negative direction because a lot of people believe what they see and read online.

I can't help but think that we somehow lost touch with our priorities. We sold this idea that "we can have it all" and so most choices in life were replaced by this notion that we deserve choice

It is, indeed, just a very sad situation on many countries, and the only real effect is that the rich get richer while "normal people" struggle more than ever.

If I understand the "economic gymnastics" correctly, the economy is doing extremely well because corporate profits keep going up, and somehow that means GNP/GDP keeps rising... which is a bit

Thank you @sunscape, seems to me like a lot of the world's ills can be tracked back to people insisting that their perception represents universal truth. As comedian George Carlin on said "seven billion

Details are important, but we should not allow them to take over our ability to get on with life.

Thank you! Fall truly is a very "photogenic" time of the year.

It has worked well for me for many years, and it definitely helps me clear my head!

I just find it easier to stay in balance as a person if I totally "unplug" now and then. I figure the world will still be there when I come back.

We definitely can't control any of it; it just sits out there like a chain of cartoon-like "thought balloons." I'm getting better at not exactly ignoring it, but at least letting it be.

Never underestimate the power (and staying power) of what I'd call "The Indifferent Middle." Observation number 1: I have an inclination to think that those traders who occasionally "churn"

Sadly, I think much of life has become more of a popularity contest than something beautiful to simply live and experience. Thus, every opinion is colored by the fear about "What will people THINK

Sometimes I think the whole world could benefit from learning to spend less, from individuals to nations; debt aside, I think our collective obsession with "growth" and always having more is

Really cool to see this initiative taking shape! I have long been a proponent of more use cases on Hive to do "ordinary" non-technical things like commerce, things "regular folks" already

Sometimes it all reminds me of schoolyard bullies who keep fighting, even if they are not entirely sure why. And they won't stop because it makes sense... so they just keep mindlessly pounding each other

Appreciate it!

Thank you!

Hopefully I will end up selling some artwork, and all will be well. Mostly, though, I will keep my blogging efforts on Hive.