In my States of Consciousness class, we recently discussed flow states. This is the state of mind characterized by intense focus on a given activity and the feeling that nothing in the world exists. Flow state is related to peak performance–that sensation of high alertness and complete lack of self consciousness in which we suddenly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘love’
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow.
Posted in Observations, Thoughts, tagged flow state, love, peak performance on March 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Life, For the Record: home run or nuffin’
Posted in Life Update, Questions, Thoughts, tagged emotion regulation, happiness, life, love, play on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago I began this piece. I never posted it because it was late when I wrote it and I felt self-pitying, which shut me down, merged me into my very own robotic, self-analyzing soul-lacker for hurting my own damn feelings. I really wanted myself to feel better, and for the sake of [...]
For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
Posted in Life Update, Thoughts, tagged commitment, love, marriage on March 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today during a chat that was supposed to be five minutes and that ended up being almost two hours (of course), Maya–yes, the Maya of this blog–mentioned a conversation she had with someone who said that “marriage for her was a symbol of promising to work as hard as possible to make the relationship stay [...]
“Sono inamorato! …Ma come ti chiami?”
Posted in Observations, tagged 65+, crush, love on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today was the first day of my Italian class (Dio mio!), and it was a curious experience. When our professor asked the class to share why they chose to be there, four students (three male and one female–all 65+ years of age) said that they took the course because Italian is a beautiful language and–most [...]
