Comments on: How to Find Beauty in Life

By: Asif Iqbal

Asif Iqbal — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:48:06 +0000

I just watched an atrocious video clip of some real people being shot at until their death. And I suddenly felt like retching, or something like that. To get rid of this feeling, I googled the keyword ‘beauty of life’. And there came up this extra-ordinary article on how best we can enjoy life. Death is inevitable, and what is inevitable, what we can do nothing against, should be patiently accepted. This is what’s told in the article.

But what turned this article into a miracle (to me) is its little paragraph on going non-judgmental. Wow, the concept is pretty new to me! I, to be frank, was heavily judgmental about people that I know. And yes, it involved ‘negativity’, which is petty bad. I will, from now on, seriously consider becoming less and less judgmental.

Thanks for this soul-opening piece. (I’m an atheist, and therefore I resisted saying ‘God bless you’.)

By: james

james — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:13:55 +0000

I enjoyed this piece it encompasses ideas that frequently arise in my thoughts, I think its incredible the power our perspective has to govern our reality, yet its sad that such a small majority of people are aware of there ability to change there own lives, I’m 17, so a majority of my interaction is with discontent distracted individuals lost in there self-created worlds, I find it frustratingly difficult to explain the power people have over there reality, the nature of society increases the likelihood people have of adopting attitudes that dis-empower themselves and there potential, usually responses to my attempts to explain this are dismissive, I try to appreciate the light in this occurrence by considering that I’m only aware of the self de structive nature of some attitudes because my consciousness has developed a little beyond the typical teenager, but I find it difficult to accept individuals with endless potential being restricted by there own negative thought patterns and perspectives, is there any approaches to helping people realise there own power you found particularly effective? or any information relevant that could help me?
thanks again for the piece :) j

By: j

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:12:33 +0000

I enjoyed this piece it encompasses ideas that frequently arise in my thoughts, I think its incredible the power our perspective has to govern our reality, yet its sad that such a small majority of people are aware of there ability to change there own lives, I’m 17, so a majority of my interaction is with discontent distracted individuals lost in there self-created worlds, I find it frustratingly difficult to explain the power people have over there reality, the nature of society increases the likelihood people have of adopting attitudes that dis-empower themselves and there potential, usually responses to my attempts to explain this are dismissive, I try to appreciate the light in this occurrence by considering that I’m only aware of the self destructive nature of some attitudes because my consciousness has developed a little beyond the typical teenager, but I find it difficult to accept individuals with endless potential being restricted by there own negative thought patterns and perspectives, is there any approaches to helping people realise there own power you found particularly effective? or any information relevant that could help me?
thanks again for the piece :) j

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:31:41 +0000

“we have to slow down”

We live in a competitive society where slowing down isn’t possible. There are too many of us, and we are all replaceable. Focusing on the negative keeps us competitive.
There is little actual joy to be found in repetition, that’s why assembly-line work is done by machines.
Unless your passion can pay the bills, it’s not a priority.

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By: lily :)

lily :) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:13:50 +0000

This has really inspired me to do a photography project on the beauty of life and everyday things that seem mundane, for my final exam, thankyou x

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:19:15 +0000

I really enjoyed the post Jonathan. Beauty is all around us, it all just depends on how we look at things. Great advice and keep up the good work.