Breathing

“Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.”Amit Ray It is the gift of life. One we are used to and do not see it as such. It's become an automatic experience on our part. Which, in many ways, it is. Have you ever thought about it? Do you breathe,…

Forgiving

Photo by  Lina Trochez  on Unsplash Forgive. This word is often heard but misunderstood. Most of us understand only the surface meaning, and we struggle practicing it. The reason is it carries several notions. Such as; when we forgive, we are pushovers, labeled weak, and gullible. Then from an personal perspective, we wonder; what happens to…

Stardust

We live in a beautiful world. If you care to take a closer look at all the miracles that happen to us and around us every day. It's wondrous if only you could pause and pay attention to the details. The ingenuity of the happenings. Yes, there are many frustrations and challenges that we face,…

Learn to quiet your mind

Photo by Kristina on Unsplash If your goal is to achieve a quiet mind, you should first find out what causes a noisy mind. According to the stoics, a noisy mind is caused by desire and aversion in regards to things beyond our control. Epictetus advised to unconditionally accept anything beyond our control and to see good…

What you need to know about depression

Photo by Artyom Kulikov on Unsplash || Mental health is very crucial for healthy living. Understanding how one's mind works and continuous growth of the mind should be a practice we all follow. The mind should be exercised regularly through use and also well rested just like we feed, exercise and rest the body for a good balance…

Retrain Your Mind to Work for You

Photo by Good Grief on Pnterest What we see as our reality has more to do with what we know than what is true. Science shows what we know as familiar can affect our perception of the world. Because of what we perceive to be true, we can become stuck believing that our identity is…

Why you should visualize

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash To achieve our goals effectively, we need to learn how to visualize. It's a powerful skill. Our brains have a system called the Reticular Activating System in a network of neurons. It's a filter system that moderates what we absorb. We create the programs for the filter. Have you…

Is Man the Mind?

Photo by Luke Porter on Unsplash You sprang from a cell, a cell invisible to the naked eye. This cell had the power within to think and to build and to do it in harmony with law and order. It used mathematics to determine the number of things necessary to make up your body. It…

The Human Emotion

Photo by Lidya Nada on Unsplash Emotion is a powerful unseen language that speaks to the universe. Feelings do not happen in the mind but the heart. Feelings have a direct effect on our physical world. What we choose to experience in our lives, we must first feel in our hearts as if it's already…

Mental Issues

Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash Mental health has always been a sensitive topic. There is a lot of stigma associated with it mostly due to misunderstanding the topic. In our country Kenya, we are very cultural and still maintain many of the past beliefs especially on the matter of mental health. Many tend to…

Is it a state of mind?

Photo by Gary Rockett on Unsplash Heaven is our end goal as humans, at least most of us. Where we'd want to go after-life on earth. Understanding of life is coined by our beliefs. The beliefs are a cumulation of society mostly from the religious point of reference and our cultures. What would be your reaction if someone…

Condemnation

Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash Being made to feel guilty is condemnation and there's a huge difference to the conviction of sin which the Holy Spirit does to set one on a clear path, directing one on what to do to make it right. Guilt cannot be fully be defined with so many what…