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    A Collection of Thoughts About Life
    A Collection of Thoughts About Life
    A Collection of Thoughts About Life
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    A Collection of Thoughts About Life

    By Ian William Johnston

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    How this little book came about.

    Upon discharge from hospital on the second occasion after a battle with a brain tumour, my wife Ruth and I set about the first appropriate step in cleaning out the cupboard of our lives, as we termed it. Up until this point, we had paid little attention to the stresses in our lives, just accepting what is.

    Our first priority was to habitually harness more the developed awareness from our life experiences. We focused more on the idiosyncrasies of any acquaintance, looking past their persona to allow a greater accuracy of potential conformity to the collective personalities. This before any would make a profound entrance into our lives, opposed to having an ill-conceived come-all policy, to be whipped (metaphorically) by bad manner, lack of empathy or dishonesty. For some people, aggression seemingly forms a central part of their existence, creating their own epiphenomenon with its stress.

    Peace is an element of life that should be available for all to rightfully inherit. Many never achieve this state, as motivational paralysis or a shallow belief in themselves can keep them suspended in continued dysfunctional unhappiness.

    The majority of people would agree that they deserve to be treated well, but there are many who expect high esteem to be bestowed on them. They give very little in return, while playing out their different versions of an inferiority/superiority complex or ignorance on others. The subject headings in this book are well known. The content presents a simple and brief reminder to the aspects of mans inherent or contrived nature.

    To sit awhile in silence and reflect on the condition of ones own life is to enable the beginning, if needed, toward assuagement of a better dawn, no matter where one is placed in life.

    Pull the contemptuous thorn of others from your mind

    by the ability of distance.

    Ian Johnston

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateJul 25, 2012
    ISBN9781452505961
    A Collection of Thoughts About Life
    Author

    Ian William Johnston

    Upon discharge from hospital on the second occasion after a battle with a brain tumour, my wife Ruth and I set about the first appropriate step in cleaning out the cupboard of our lives, as we termed it. Up until this point, we had paid little attention to the stresses in our lives, just accepting what is. Our first priority was to habitually harness more the developed awareness from our life experiences. We focused more on the idiosyncrasies of any acquaintance, looking past their persona to allow a greater accuracy of potential conformity to the collective personalities. This before any would make a profound entrance into our lives, opposed to having an ill-conceived come-all policy, to be whipped (metaphorically) by bad manner, lack of empathy or dishonesty. For some people, aggression seemingly forms a central part of their existence, creating their own epiphenomenon with its stress.

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      A Collection of Thoughts About Life - Ian William Johnston

      Copyright © 2012 Ian William Johnston

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Balboa Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      Balboa Press

      A Division of Hay House

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.balboapress.com.au

      1-(877) 407-4847

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-0595-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-0596-1 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Balboa Press rev. date: 07/19/2012

      Contents

      A good relationship

      Mans Inhumanity to Man

      Life

      Greed

      Truth & lies

      Friendship

      Love sublime

      The power of belief

      Wisdom

      The stranger

      Deceit

      A superiority complex

      Anger

      The custodian

      Worry

      Suffering from our negative thoughts

      Selective—establish

      The negative critic

      Dominance conformity

      The trouble with ego

      A figment of the imagination

      A man speaking wisdom in a suit is better heard than a man speaking wisdom in rags…

      Allow the sun to shine

      Arrogance

      Creative thought

      How we feel is who we are

      Know thy self.

      Listening

      Understanding

      People prejudice

      Progression of knowledge

      Some rules for life

      Stop negativity

      The five distinctions of human awareness

      The user mentality

      Thought power

      Who are we to be

      A good relationship

      Our many thoughts (conscious or subconsciuos) from our different experiences that have transpired from our past and up to the present have made us who we are today, and to some extent this cannot be

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