The awakened turning point is a sacred moment when someone moves from being in resistance to their inner growth to embracing it. It often comes as someone finally has enough perspective on who they were to see the depth of unhappiness or out-right misery that they’d been living in. This is vital because most …
Negative Thinking – Is It Sabotaging Your Life?
When younger, we can easily assume our thoughts are all that we are. But as adults most of us realise that thoughts are not only far from all that we are, they are often far from the truth. And without conscious effort to notice and control our thoughts, many of us
Search your heart
“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him….” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, from The Brothers Karamazov We know the truth not by reason and logic, but by our heart. Search your heart. Stop insisting that you believe your own hype. Stop blurring reality and myth. When you wear that mask of self-deceit, your face grows to fit it. You lose your truth, you lose your authenticity. You may, or may not recognize the deceit, but …
Just a message of appreciation
Halloween is just around the bend and all the Ghouls in Active Worlds are coming out to play and build. In alpha there is a massive Halloween build area going on and the TGIF party is still on the move. Each Friday the TGIF party is being hosted in different locations and worlds. I want to show my appreciation as a fellow builder to those who are diligently increasing the amount of builds within active worlds alone. Citizens such as TenyearsGone for his…
You Can’t Stop The Pain Until You Know What Really Hurts
This week’s Psychology Today blog post: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/getting-back-out-there/201510/you-cant-stop-the-pain-unless-you-know-what-hurts
Keep going
“Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.” – Brene Brown Who are your haters? Haters are a good sign that you’re on the right track, you’re hitting your marks, achieving recognizable measures of success. You’re getting important enough to have haters. Haters are those who would rather live in the margins than in the open brilliance of light. Their self-esteem depends – in a very warped way – on your lack. Don’t let the jackasses…
10/8 Check – In Thread
I’ve been having issues with the site myself and HostGator is so unhelpful…(I really have to find a new provider) and I know some of you have had trouble with the old check-in thread so here is a new one. … Continue reading →
Is Interdependency What Can Save Your Relationship?
What is interdependency? In psychology, interdependency is a way of relating that involves both parties being able to depend on each other in an egalitarian, non-demanding way. Understanding the different forms of dependency To understand interdependency, it can first help to examine the other ‘dependencies’ you might be more familiar with. Dependency is when you entirely rely …
Don’t outthink, outdo
“Let’s do it!” – Magnus Christian Don’t outthink; outdo. There’s an old business adage, “nothing happens until the cash register rings.” The endless planning and projections and proformas mean nothing if results don’t show up. The same applies to your personal life. You have to just start. Yes, some critical thinking …
What Do Your Instinctive Preferences Say About You?
Many things in life exert an influence on your preferences. Some common examples would be social expectations, gender, education, and upbringing. On a deeper level, your choices and preferences are also influenced by instinct or what we might call intuitive intelligence? Have you ever wondered how this powerful force is being expressed in your life? Seeing your instinctive side! We often describe ourselves by our life roles and…
Spiritual Sound Bites: Alive and Natural Relationships
For the next couple of months, I’ll be scaling back the length of my posts into these short spiritual sound bites. I’m focusing most of my writing energy on writing a second book, so for the time being, I hope you enjoy the plethora of spiritual awakening posts that are already on this site as well as these quick spiritual thoughts.Alive …
What Does Contact Get You?
The only hope is no hope. ~ George Costanza When I first separated from my ex, I lost my mind about a month later and asked him to come back. Begged him, actually. He stood there stone-faced and said, quite … Continue reading →
What is Childhood Trauma and Did You Experience It?
Childhood trauma is an event, situation, or environment you experienced as a child that left you feeling vulnerable and like you couldn’t count on the world or other people to keep you safe. For many, childhood trauma has the unfortunate consequence of affecting your ways of thinking and of relating to the world and others as …
Active Worlds – It is What we Make it
Within our community in Active Worlds we have so many fantastic people, Some are awesome builders, great conversationalists,diplomats and organizers. We have some pretty good programmers as well within our community along with those wonderful modelers as well. We have a diverse collection of citizens and this is what can make Active Worlds even better than it is now. Besides the occasional spats and discord we find at the Landing Zone there is no other 3D environment /sandbox is exactly like our home Active Worlds. If we work at being respectful, friendly and come together in a co-operative fashion, we can make Active worlds one of the greatest Virtual realities to…
Where you focus determines where you go
“If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads to poverty.” – Napoleon Hill Riches come in many forms. You decide in which form and how much. Then you start your journey. If you neglect to start, or stop before you arrive, there is no one to blame but you. Not the economy, or…
Judge Show Insanity: Fool Me Three Times, Shame on Me
I watch judge shows because I’m a lawyer and a therapist. I watch for the people stories rather than the law. The small claims cases that make up judge shows are first year law school subjects: torts, contracts, property. However, … Continue reading →
Where you stand
“Start where you stand.” – Napoleon Hill Just start. Where you stand today. With the tools you have – and you have a lot. Because the time will never be just right. You will find better tools in time. You will become more capable in time. But none of this will happen until you step forward and start. Waiting – until everything is in order, until everything …
SW City’s Realistic Building Checklist
Checklist Setting and infrastructure Environment Road and sidewalk connection Parking situation Utility support Property dividers Exterior FoundationUnless you’re building on top of a paved lot, it’s recommended to build a foundation. Raise the floors one or two clicks, and connect it to the ground with a good concrete or brick texture. Drain PipesUse the thdp1.rwx – 3.rwx objects if you don’t want to create your own. VentsVents are the perfect way to fill in some empty space on an outside wall. TrimmingPlace trims along the edges and in-between different entities on a build to add a more authentic look. CrowningBe sure your roof has some overhang. Roof …
Big 5 Personality Traits Quiz – Which are You?
In the field of human psychology, the Big Five personality traits are made up of 5 very different categories that can be used to describe a wide range of personality types. The five specific categories are openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Let’s take a closer look. 1) Openness is characterized by transparency, honesty and sincerity with a tendency to accept new ideas. 2) Conscientiousness implies …
Suicide Is A Real Issue When You Don’t Believe You Can Get Over IT
Every few months I read an article about someone who committed suicide after a breakup or a person who went on a shooting rampage after a breakup. I urge people to spread the word that a breakup is a temporary … Continue reading →
Nice Until You’re Not? How to Control Your Temper
Next time, I will stay calm. I’ll do things better. I won’t say things I’ll regret. I really will walk away or hang up the phone before I get dramatic and make a fool of myself. I won’t hurt him or her again… Sound familiar? If so, you might be one of the many of …
AW AD Pack Volume 1
Ok Boys n Girls, The recent Magazine Ad brought together some really nice Advertisement Graphics. I put them all here for download, free to use to promote Active Worlds. And once Again Thank you to those who heled out on this project, especially those who made the Advertisements Click awads to download the Ad pack >>>>awads <<<< Here is a Preview of the Graphics Ads AW AD Pack Volume 1 was originally published on Active Worlds Tips and TricksFiled under: Active Worlds Tagged: Active Worlds, ads
No time for loser-speak
“Every time someone asks you to be realistic, they are asking you to compromise your ideals.” – Chris Guillebeau It’s worse. They are asking you to forfeit your dreams. Do not accept the rationale of “realistic.” It’s loser-speak for dropping back, lowering your sights, settling for less. Realistic is simply not in the vocabulary of those who intend to fulfill their dreams. – We’ve been working on a new website! Whenever we read these posts, we’re inspired to write our own private thoughts. Now you can write your own private thoughts at 130words.com. It’s easy. It’s private. It’s free. Try it! Let us know what you think!The post No time for loser-speak appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Let Nature Unwind Your Stress
Nature has the amazing ability to restore our sense of inner peace. When was the last time you immersed yourself in the natural world away from the stress and pressure of your everyday life? I think “unwind” is an accurate description of the effect that nature has on us when we give it a chance. The pace of modern life can easily get …