Dave Nicholson

Most of human suffering can be ended by improving our minds and changing our thinking. If we decide on a personal level to improve our lives we can do so. If we decide to be happy we can be. Then stress is reduced as a bi-product. If as a collective group we decide to make the changes in thinking and action then the entire world will improve. People we do not even know are effected in a positive manner if we change how we act and how we see the world and all those in it. We are one and all actions effect all people in some way. If another sees you happy they may become happy as well. When you are happy, it is easy to improve your habits and make your body follow the mind in being in a better state. It is so hard to get rid of the worries and the self imposed pain of this world, but it is worth it to try and do so. We may never do it, but the act of trying will in it's self enrich our lives. All we need to do is to let go of desire in all forms and be happy with life. If we c...

Are we these small creatures lost in a vast ocean of living breathing beings important? Do we make a difference at all? Yes. When we interact with others we change their lives. Sometimes in small ways and other times in very large ways. To smile and say hallo can save a person from ending their lives. The same is true to just listen to someone and to tell them they are loved. In the same light but on the opposite side of the coin, Scowling at someone can be the straw they breaks the camel’s back. A sting of words or telling them you have no time for them can end their existence. Every small thing we do changes us. Then we spread that change to others. By the force of will we can change who we are. The worst of men, given no defect of mind, can bring himself to be more than he is. We can become more than we are capable of. How? Threw others. An idea or a concept can alter the very fabric of humanity. When the first primitive man decided to take a rock to another, the world was ...