In busy train stations or shopping malls, countless people pass through from one place to another. In traffic jams, commuters are busy with their upcoming working hours. In tourist spots, folks are happy with their families and friends. In cafeterias, bookstores, and libraries, we enjoy the relaxing moment with companions or books (devices) at hand. … Continue reading The Lost Sheep
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Slow-Motion Therapy
To get energized, you should move faster by setting a timer. This way, your brain perceives that you are in a fight-flight situation, releasing stress hormones like adrenaline. The effort can be a strategy to make us productive. When you feel lazy in the middle of working hours, you should intentionally move faster by setting … Continue reading Slow-Motion Therapy
Gravitas
Gravitas is one of the virtues emphasized among ancient Romans. It means seriousness, responsibility, dignity, and so on. It is also the origin of the word gravity, one of the forces we articulate in the field of physics as we feel it physically in our everyday life as a sense of weight and heaviness. As … Continue reading Gravitas
Sounds So Carnal
We've seen various self-help instructions, from the physical bookshelves to the online digital sphere. And one SNS post says we need to focus on three kinds of activities in our everyday lives, which should keep you: CreativeHealthyWealthy It sounds so secular, worldly, and carnal. Many commented about these three areas as "well-said." And some pointed … Continue reading Sounds So Carnal
A Bowl of Milk Rice
Life consists of a series of problems, also known as a series of stressors. Learning to manage stress is critical as long as we are here on earth. We have various techniques and approaches for such stress management. One of the well-known practices is meditation. Thinking of meditation practice, we imagine a figure like a … Continue reading A Bowl of Milk Rice
The Prison of the Mind
When you feel life is restless, what would you do? Can you calm it down? How can you control the state of life? Is your life happy or unhappy? How do we define the state of life? Who can decide it on earth? Sometimes we feel joy. At other times, we find it is hard. … Continue reading The Prison of the Mind
Walking in Solitude
Walking is one of the best exercises for health. It is not only for physical but even mental and spiritual. If you feel busy with hectic schedules and overwhelming tasks, you should find time for walking to restore something you have forgotten. Walking is the act of restoration. What are we supposed to restore? What … Continue reading Walking in Solitude
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