News of Hope

One thing that I been thinking about lately is how maybe my understanding of free will is underdeveloped a/o that I dont understand it as well as I use to.I know that I shouldn't feel and view life this *way.I think about how I've got dozens of HTML tutorials & demos 4 homework can decide whether I should do those,the readings first or other homework,how I'm getting closer and closer to being royally screwed over ...

There are many views to contentment. The media promotes the Get What I Want Contentment view. In this view, people get content only if they get what they want. On the other hand, Buddhism promotes the Get Over What You Want View. It means letting go of what you want and being satisfied with what you have. What do you think about this views?

Are there other better ways at looking at contentment? Please share.

I was reflecting on the concept of goals and I realised that it is our culture to constantly set goals. We set exercise goals, diet goals, relationship goals, work goals... Upon further reflection, I realised that most of the targets I set are based on arbitrary numbers.

We think: I feel I should make... hmm... how much more should I make in a year.. maybe an extra 2k per month? Yes. That's it! My goal ...

He torments me with his body odor almost every day. It came up today that he doesn't shower in the morning so he can make it into work earlier (and therefore leave earlier). This annoys the s- out of me. I shower in the morning even though I hate the delay out of consideration for others.

Today this dude came back after lunch reaking of BO again. I moved away from him and think he ...

My counsoler has said at times that b/c of my fatalism (that I explained here generalized-anxiety/topic92810.html) I cause self-fulfilling prophecies due to that.

However I don't know what the phrase "self-fulfilling prophecy" means.Can anyone explain what it means please?.

Also how would you prevent the "bad ones" (that by their very nature I guess prevent any good change) from happening to someone?.

I am a 28-year-old male. After a disastrous experience moving across the country and back, I am headed for my first ever hospital visit tomorrow. I have felt like I've needed to go to the hospital for the past few months, but I couldn't due to the nature of my circumstances (moving across the country). Somehow I powered through that, but now I am just so completely exhausted and my meds (Remeron) have not been ...

A while back I took a like Java programming class and even though for the first hour things were going fine,once the teacher started clicking stuff and telling us what to do I was utterly lost.I felt way to nervous to try to ask him b/c it seemed to me that,that would obviously interrupt the flow of his lesson.Soon though I was having like a panic attack and burst into tears,with an onslaught off questions ...

It's surprising how many people here have low self esteem. This may have begun in childhood, and the person still believes the negative lies. It's surprising how few people can give themselves permission to say something GOOD about themselves. It's OKAY to see the good in yourself. Perhaps therein lies the answer to the first step in healing. This is a thread for you to OWN your good qualities. I'll start.

I like the way ...

Do you believe that in our lifetime retirement will be till 85 years old and we'll live longer. Recently I've been reading some medical articles about how we'll live longer in the future due to some medical breakthroughs we'll be experiencing and I am 25! Isn't it a miracle and a strong reason to be optimist about?

Do you guys know any site where I could learn anything online for free,? If you have any idea, please recommend it to me? I'd appreciate it a lot, PARTICULARY SOCIAL SCIENCES? Some that are really hard to find in Google.