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Being The Best Possible You

If happiness is something that is supposed to be created from within a person, why then is it so difficult to be happy with ourselves? Often, the troubles with self happiness are the lower levels of self esteem that are housed within the mind. Our self concept is tainted and distorted to the point that we consistently assess ourselves and find faults in everything we do. Over a length of time, that tainted image becomes a reality to us.

Flip Flop Your Way to Style at Hollister’s

Hollister Clothing sells casual accessories to go along with their casual styles of clothing. What would summer be for a young person without a good pair of flip flops? Or two or three? Hollister stocks flip flops for both girls and guys. Purchase rubber flip flops to wear or buy a pair of leather flip […]

A Book That Will Shake Your Soul…

Every once in a while you come across a book that shakes you and makes you think. Just Five Minutes: Nine Years in the Prisons of Syria is one such book. The book is written by Heba Dabbagh and translated to English by Bayan Khatib. Once I picked this book up, I […]

A Post Card From Far Away

The post card arrived with a stamp that read, “The End of the World.” I started reading the post card. “Miss me? I know you do. How could you not miss me? I would defenitely miss me if I was gone that long. Anyways, do not worry. I should be back soon.” My heart beat […]

How to Think Like a Genius

Here are eight strategies that you can use to help you think like a genius.
A couple of the strategies mentioned in the article have worked well for me. First, is to visualize. The first thing I usually do when I am problem solving is to use diagrams (as much as possible). I find that […]

What is Love?

The first ever world love survey is online. You can see it here . Once there, you can answer the question “What is love?”
The site got me thinking about an answer to that question. I am going to restrict the defenition of love to that is felt between humans. So love for food or pets […]

Amazing Pictures of China

Some of the most beautiful pictures that I have ever seen. You can see them here.
Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images.
Few people in the Western world know about the hidden beauty of China. Well….. of course it helps to have an ace photographer who […]

Time Machine

Imagine yourself standing in front of a time machine. It can take you to any point in time. Past or future. However, there is a catch. You can only use this time machine for one trip only. Either to the past or to the future. In addition, You can only “change” one thing on your […]

Welcome to Aspiring Spirit

I would like this blog to be a place where people can find inspiration and motivation to achieve their extraordinary dreams and goals. In addition, I want this blog to be an escape from all of the “bad news” that surrounds us. News about war, corruption, disease and all of the other pieces of news […]