I have grown spiritually and financially in the last 4.5 years that I have been away. I have been very busy not only saving money but generating extra income. So, I have neglected my blogspot account, my AdSense account, and my Hubpage account. However, I am very at peace in life.
So much has changed in 4.5 years. I also have a different appreciation for blogging and would like to share knowledge that I have learned over the course of these years, especially as a parent with now a child in college and one who is an upperclassman.
If you are reading this, thank you!
So much has changed in 4.5 years. I also have a different appreciation for blogging and would like to share knowledge that I have learned over the course of these years, especially as a parent with now a child in college and one who is an upperclassman.
If you are reading this, thank you!
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Depression, anxiety, self-doubt, and emptiness are just a
few feelings when one is facing financial hardship during a tight
economy. Any of these feelings can arise from life events such as death
of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job, grave illness of loved ones,
etc. It always seems that after overcoming one hurdle, another major
hurdle pops up. Many families, even ours, are fairing much worse
economically than a few years ago. How did I overcome the stress and
anxiety during hard times? Although I am a voracious reader of self-help
books, I have kept close to my religion Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism
for strength and confidence to overcome my hardships. The core
philosophy behind Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is that each person
already possesses unlimited potential within us. By chanting, each of us
brings out and elevate our life condition. Easing the suffering of
depression cannot be more timely during October, National Depression
Awareness Month.
Depression has a wide spectrum. Lee Wolfson, a psychologist at
Western Psychiatric Clinic and Institute (WPIC), a division of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. and a practitioner of Nichiren
Daishonin's Buddhism with SGI since 1972 wrote a World Tribune article
which was published on February 9, 2001. In his article, Lee reviewed a
book by Martin Seligman, Ph.D., called "What You Can Change and What You
Can't whose compelling argument is that mild depression is caused by
pessimistic habits of thinking. Pessimists falsely believe that the
causes of failure and rejections are permanent and pervasive while an
optimistic person's thinking is a powerful antidote to pessimism and
depression. A power method of optimistic thinking can be found in
Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism and chanting "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo."
In 1975, President Ikeda established Soka Gakka International and
took Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism globally. Under his leadership, Soka
Gakkai International is now in 192 countries and terrorities, with
Nichiren Buddhism being practiced by more than 12 million people.
