Act The Way You Want To Feel

This is a fundamental statement over at The Happiness Project.  And I love it, so I may have even written about it before.  But have you ever found yourself in a situation where you are crying, so you keep feeling sad, so you keep crying?  Or, as many have put it, you eat because you’re [...]

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People-leaving.

Which is more difficult for you–leaving people or having people leave you?  For example, is it easier to see out of town guests leave your home, or to return home after a trip?  Or is it easier to host a party and see everyone leave at the end of the night, or be at one [...]

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Deep Wednesday: Choosing your battles

I feel like everyone’s parents advise them to “choose their battles” in relationships as they grow up.  And it is something I have always struggled with.  First, I hate the idea of anything in a relationship being a “battle.”  I think I would like it better if it was “choose which bothersome occurrences you decide [...]

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Love and hate: how thin a line?

I’ve been reading about an interesting study presented by scientists at UCL (University College London). In their recent research, they have identified the “hate-circuit” in the brain. Now, identifying any emotional circuit is always fascinating, simply because emotions are so difficult to put into scientific terms. But something about this particular circuit makes it even [...]

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You know you’re having an emotional day when…

You sob at the finale of “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Seriously. I mean, I cry at all the normal stuff–sad movies, Grey’s Anatomy, bad news–but every once in a while I cry over something ridiculous. This time, it was the finale of SYTYCD.
In my defense, the winner cried too. Joshua had come so far [...]

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