Relationships

If they don't feel right, then it isn't right.

Misunderstandings exist, so to reach an understanding.

Don't go to bed without resolving a dispute.

You should feel God through your partner.

Communication is key in friendships and relationships

Love is universal

Don't always think how long but how well.

I think that's a better way to guarantee the length of duration

Respect is humane boundaries

It is ok to get a mediator but get one who can fit into your shoes.

Prospects is a worthy risk but beware of tell-tale

Before "gender"

Generally, we are humans

Be with a person that supports and make you feel better

NOT a person that's aimed at just ripping you off or personal gain purposes

NOT a person that crosses the line of support & control

Mental Abstraction:

I think choosing a person as a partner is a continual effort; you get to choose them as they continuously unfold characteristically.

Also, I believe the best kinds of relationships are the ones where the parties involved are brutally honest with each other. It is always tense and awkward in the face of truth though. However, I have discovered that discomfort is just momentary and always - almost creates a fresh dynamic.

What worked for A might not work for B.

Life is so weirdly wired that I don't even think anyone's experience should be a benchmark or a guide for another person's life.

Intentionally seek mental synergy. It goes way beyond sexual pleasure and physical attraction. It is such a turn on to be able to pour out the absurdities of your mind and your partner's "absurd" recognizes with yours. Magical!

Generally, there's no harm in trying again. This took a while for me to understand, especially how happiness can't be completely gotten in a person or persons. Sometimes, people walk away and the hardest is when they fade away.

I mean, how do you breathe life into dust?

"Stay Present" - so cliché but I am currently at a point where I think I fully get it. Simply letting go of the past and welcoming feelings like it is the first time, allowing tomorrow take care of itself and just appreciating the live painting of one's existence.

The more I think about it, I think "attachment" should be termed as a "negative" attribute or what word can one use to best describe it?

It is easier to flow

For a first timer, I think it is so cute and liberating to break down in tears in front of your partner. Sharing that weakness and vulnerability like "babe, life is whooping my ass"

You think self-awareness is just positive vibes? Think again.

GENERAL LESSONS

101. Don't mistake assertiveness or eloquence for good ideas

102. Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to

103. Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

104. Intense engagement in and commitment to an activity is a proven route to happiness and wellbeing

105. There are many paths to a satisfying life

106. Suppressed negative emotions leak later in unexpected ways

107. Appreciate the beauty of compromise

108. Jealousy is an ugly emotion but it tells the truth. Pay attention to what you envy, it is a reflection of what you desire

109. Without charisma, even the most brilliant person will be disrespected

110. Talk is for communicating "need to know" information. Being quiet and introspective are signs of a deep thinker in search of a higher truth

111. Words are potentially dangerous weapons that reveal things better left unsaid

112. Be comfortable with who you are 7 be comfortable in expressing who you are

113. There are two types of people in the world: those that follow their instincts and those that follow the herds

114. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let other make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to enjoy breadth

115. It is better to mind too much than mind too little

116. Deliberate practice is intense concentration, deep motivation and facing personal challenges

117. Solitude can be a catalyst to innovation

118. He who cannot endure the bad, will never see the good

119. Righteous behavior is so much about the good we do behind closed doors when no one is there to praise us and a part of what we put out into the world

120. Be cool under pressure. Be immune to insults and abuse

121. Deliberate practice is the key to exceptional achievement and this can only be achieved when you are alone

122. See things for what they are. Do what you can. Endure and bear what you must. What blocks a path can become a path. What impedes action can advance it.

123. Life is a marathon not a sprint. Conserve your energy

124. Be a stoic; transform fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation and desire into undertaking

125. See clearly, act correctly, endure & accept the world as it is

126. What impedes action in some way advances it

127. The more you accomplish, the more things stands in your way

128. In the shadow of death, prioritization is easier

129. Fear of death is a looming obstacle in our lives

130. Contribute your little bit to the universe before it swallows you up

131. Death doesn't make life pointless but rather purposeful

132. To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks

133. Love whatever happens to you and face it with unfailing cheerfulness

134. We don't get to choose what happens to us but we can always choose how we feel about it

135. Persist and persevere

136. Shared purpose gives strength

137. Never inflate your own role of importance

138. Pride can be broken. Toughness has its limits but never the desire to help

139. We are not special or unique simply by virtue of being. We are just at varying points, subjects of random and often incomprehensible events

140. Nature in order to be commanded, must be obeyed - Francis bacon

141. It takes a real man or woman to face necessity

142. Constraints in life are good things, especially if we can accept them and let them direct us

143. Sometimes, the only answer to "what if" is "it will suck but we will be okay"

144. The world is ruled by external factors. Promises aren't kept and we won't always get what we want even if it is rightfully ours.

145. Not everything is clean and straightforward. Prepare your mind by this

146. To be great at something takes practice

147. What you think you deserve is also rarely what you will get

148. Always prepare for difficult times

149. Always accept what you can't change

150. Always manage your expectations