Cycles of Change

Knowledge - Spirit - Culture - Growth

Struggling with perfectionism and anxiety often means fighting battles that can never be fully won. True healing begins by shifting focus inward, away from external measures of success. These lessons offer a grounded path to self-acceptance, [...]

Outdoor Common Sense

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To keep your cooking pot from turning black in a fire, use clean wood, cover the pot bottom with foil or soap, and let the flames burn down first. If your cookware gets black from fire soot, it’s because the wood didn’t burn clean and your pot [...]
A recumbent bicycle with a 20-inch front wheel and a 26-inch rear wheel is designed for efficiency, comfort, and stability. The smaller front wheel reduces aerodynamic drag and allows for a more compact frame design, improving handling and [...]
Prejudice, in its most literal sense, means forming a judgment about a person, place, or thing before having sufficient knowledge or experience. It is an assumption made in advance, often influenced by cultural narratives, personal biases, or [...]
A renewed Monroe Doctrine in 2025 would reflect the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century, shifting from its original 19th-century focus on European colonialism to addressing contemporary challenges like Chinese and Russian influence in Latin [...]
Self-acceptance has long been intertwined with the belief that human worth is affirmed by a higher spiritual power. Ancient thinkers like Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas viewed self-knowledge and acceptance as pathways to divine understanding, [...]
Highly creative minds are prone to greater frustration and self-doubt because they are constantly analyzing, refining, and envisioning possibilities. The routine worker, engaged in repetitive tasks, does not face the same cognitive turbulence, [...]
Frustration comes from how we view time, expectations, and disappointment. When we expect things to happen quickly, in a certain way, or without obstacles, we set ourselves up for frustration. By adjusting these expectations, we can avoid [...]
Frustration happens when things don’t go the way you expect. It feels like hitting a wall, like trying to open a locked door with the wrong key. But before you let that frustration take over, step back and look at it without emotion. Ask yourself, [...]
Carl Jung viewed psychological struggles as deeply connected to the human spirit. He believed that mental suffering often arises from a disconnection between the conscious self and the deeper, transcendent aspects of the psyche. For Jung, healing [...]
The liability for the mass disposal of nicotine vape devices along highways is a complex issue that spans multiple entities, including manufacturers, consumers, and regulatory bodies. Manufacturers flood the market with these disposable vapes, [...]
Essence is the fundamental nature or underlying quality that makes something what it truly is. It is the set of attributes or characteristics that define the true nature of an object or being, without which it would not be what it is. In philosophy, [...]