Friday 5️⃣ Hello friends, today is the first installment of Friday Five! I have the privilege of being able to consume many great podcasts throughout the week whilst doing my day job. This enables me to gain a varied range of information and knowledge, across many different genres. So here is a list of five […]
Tag: philosophy
The Smile of a Flower
The purple flower smiled up at me. Looking down at the flower I knew it had only recently bloomed into existence, so new to life. I held its delicate petal with a few of my callused fingers, so gentle, so soft and welcoming to the touch. The universe creates such beauty to be observed, to […]
Why it’s more important than ever to practice self-love
Are we a whole generation of people caught between two ages, two modes of life? Do we live in a time where normality has become a sickness? Where one could argue that those of us that buy into the social norms in an oh so obviously corrupt, vacuous and unfulfilling society are the ones that […]
The Man Under The Bridge – A Short Story by M L Wood
A man wakes up under a bridge. He notices the trickle of water dripping down through the crack in the cement above him. He notes the sound is rather pleasant and the water is a safe distance from him not to disturb his state. The cars are streaming across the bridge in a sort of […]
The Growth Philosophy Podcast #1 Mitch & Jake – Consciousness, UBI, Love and Ideal Societies.
The Growth Philosophy Podcast #1 Mitch and Jake go deep into consciousness, UBI, love, ideal societies and much more. Please feel free to like, comment, subscribe and share 🙂
Journey
Go on a journey through yourself. For that is the only and if we are honest, ultimate journey there ever is. Take your hands off the wheel and smile into the face of chaos. You may just enjoy yourself. – M L Wood
Could We Find Ourselves With a 15 Hour Work Week?
Oscar Wilde once said, “Work is the refuge for people who have nothing better to do.” This comment got me thinking about our current societies (Western ones), where we glorify how long we work per week or the type of work we do is seen as some sort of badge of honour and a big […]
Life
Ask yourself, what have I done with my life? what have I achieved or changed or contributed to. I have noticed most people who have reached a certain age, have no proof they have lived a long life other than the age on their passport. M L Wood
My Fitness Journey – Day 58 When Training Gets Tough Mentally
Hello and welcome to The Growth Philosophy. Today marks the 58th day of my fitness journey, a journey that i will continue hopefully for life and a journey that is hard physically but also emotionally and mentally. This past week or so has presented a few challenges which i will go over in this post. […]
The Blessing of Language
The gift of language is both a blessing and a curse. How perverse it is to behold the beauty of expressing love and joy, whilst on the other hand suffering through the pain of negative self talk. – M L Wood
