How to deal with feelings of inferiority?
While technology has shrunk the world, it has also expanded the world in the sense that we get constantly compared with the best from various [...]
While technology has shrunk the world, it has also expanded the world in the sense that we get constantly compared with the best from various [...]
Suppose we hold an object such as a dumb bell in front of us. If we let go of it, it will fall down. If [...]
Confidence is essential for doing anything challenging. Those with confidence have an energy and a magnetism: energy that enables them to push beyond the boundaries [...]
Suppose an army is defending itself against invaders. Suppose the invaders have been allowed in by a prominent general who has turned traitor. If the [...]
Suppose we are bitten by a snake. We may get panicky, dreading that the snake bite will kill us. Actually, the snake-bite can't kill us; [...]
We often equate hurt, the sensation of pain, with harm: injury or damage. And they do frequently correlate. If our hand goes too close to [...]
If we were fighting a war, we would begin each day by putting on our armor. Actually, we all are at war internally against negative [...]
Humility differs from low self-esteem because the two lead us to value different, even opposite, things. When we suffer from low self-esteem, we start thinking [...]
Suppose someone is living in a pandemic area. If they have developed immunity to that disease, they may think they are safe. However, if they [...]
Suppose a person is so sick as to not have the strength to lift even small objects. We won’t condemn them for being weak; we [...]
How to deal with feelings of inferiority Our media often shows us glamorized images whereby we worry about how slim, smart or fluent we are. [...]
We all have a certain capacity for determination that enables us to resist temptation. Still, we are innately pleasure-seeking. To resist temptation steadily, we need [...]
We all start more things than we complete. When something becomes too demanding or boring or unproductive, or when it seems to require more self-mastery [...]
Suppose someone has had an accident while taking a sharp turn on a hilly road. Though they survive that accident, they get scarred — not [...]
Faith is seen through both firmness in intention and flexibility in execution During a pandemic, if temples are closed to avoid infection, does that indicate [...]
Being powerful and being powerless are usually opposite states. But when someone has a power they can’t control — say, an automatic gun whose trigger [...]
The mind makes the uncomfortable seem unbearable and then makes us do the unconscionable Suppose someone lives in a place with uncomfortably hot weather. If [...]
Just because it's not up to you doesn't mean that you are not up to it When we are asked to do something challenging, especially [...]
Destiny may determine the complexion of our face but we determine the expression on our face “Is everything destined?” We may ask when factors beyond [...]
The essence of discipline is to make our intelligence faster than our mind Suppose we tend to waste too much time on Facebook. We can [...]
The size of our problems is inversely proportional to the size of our purpose Suppose a truck is moving rapidly on a road on which [...]