The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
-John Stuart Mill
I never planned on living a mediocre life. Nobody really does. Like all mediocre pursuits, it just kind of happened. Most of us leave high school and college with dreams and visions of future possibilities that set […]

The desire to be a know-it-all is rooted in a need to control, be in charge and appear important. So, what do you have to lose if you give up being that kind of person? More importantly, what do you have to gain?
Top 10 Benefits of Not Knowing It All

Less Stress: You give up the […]

I used to think that the idea of forgiving was way out there. I had a reason to be angry at a bunch of people; my biological mother, the men who hurt me, God. I had a right to be angry, and I wasn’t going to give them the satisfaction of forgiveness. Forgiving was weak, […]