Here’s a very clever and thought-provoking Youtube video that will show you exactly how you can choose to live differently by literally playing your thoughts backwards. It’s less than 2 minutes long so do take a look.
I wondered if this was difficult to do and decided to have a go with the motto on the left of this page. Read on and tell me what you think of it!
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
– William Shakespeare
We humans are quick to judge. In the wild, quick judgment could save lives as prey need to ascertain whether or not to flee from potential predators. Most of us, however, judge when there is not much at stake, except perhaps our egos and our need to be right.
One way to stop judging others is to realise that most of our judgments are fallacies. We judge something to be right or wrong, good or bad, when this distinction is actually an illusion, as all dualities are.
A duality refers to two opposing forces, each of which gets their meaning from the other, as what the other is not. For example, day and night are defined with reference to each other. ‘Day’ is the time when it is not ‘night’ and vice versa. When one half of this duality is absent, the remaining word has no meaning.
Lance who blogs at Jungle of Life is one of my favourite bloggers, and I am happy and proud that he agreed to be interviewed on Joyful Days.
Why am I such a fan? You’d be too if you knew the man. I started blogging a few months back and was unknown in the blogging world, yet he took the trouble to keep in touch, show me the ropes, and just let me know that he was there.
Another reason I’m grateful that he agreed to be interviewed is that he had just done an earlier interview at the Adversity University Blog, which I realised only after I asked him to do one here. That’s how generous he is with his time and his efforts – he has such abundance that there seems to be enough for everybody.
Without further ado, here’s… LANCE!
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