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A Goalless New Year

It’s that time of year again. That arbitrary time where we resolve to stick to something. I’m no different. I think it’s a nice milestone where I can look at the past year and see what and how I could’ve done better. Last year, I was merciless, borderline masochistic. I made an enormous checklist of …

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Let The Transcendence Begin

Aren’t the Holidays a trip!? We spend so much more time with family and friends and food and intoxicating substances that now, January 2nd, I just can’t wait to begin detoxing and living towards my ultimate goal: Become a transcendent being of the Industrial Man. Suffering is in the mind. So with dedication to the …

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Things are moving so quick!

I had a few changes at work recently and it made me realize that I’ve finally learned everything I needed to learn. So I announced that I’m quitting to focus more on Valhalla! I’ve been getting much more time for meditation, yoga and working on a few little projects I had in mind, it’s alllll …

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Valhalla Vlog 3 – Reconnect

Website: http://www.valhallamovement.com Marc Coppola from the Valhalla Movement celebrates Dec 21st and the winter solstice in his own unique way by Reconnecting back to the world around him. Smashing plate is in the mix! Music is: Solange – Losing You (Cyril Hahn Remix) Not my property rights Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/valhalla.movement Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/govalhalla SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK!

Just Assume Everyone is Amazing, photo of city by a mountain lake

Everyone is Amazing

I think it would benefit us all to just assume everyone we meet is an amazing person. Stop being cynical towards strangers. Stop assuming the worst and start assuming the best. Better yet, don’t just assume. Know that everyone has an amazing story to tell and an amazing purpose to fulfill. I don’t always see …

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Moment to Moment

I was asked the other day what I like most about Christmas. After a bit of thinking, I realized it’s that brief moment of silence. There’s this gradual lead-up to Christmas, where life get’s more and more hectic. It’s filled with brighter lights, noisier sounds, and all around sensory overload. For an introvert like me …

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Monday’s Are Awesome – Valhalla Vlog

http://www.valhallamovement.com Monday’s are awesome right? Okay well most people don’t think such and that’s why Marc decided to make Monday Mornings a routine dance session to spread some positive vibes to kick off the work week! Enjoy this video of him dancing like nobody is watching!

Simple Ways to Become More Sustainable NOW

**This blog was originally posted on ZeroWasteHome. It is an excellent resource for ways to become more sustainable no matter where you live. ** Before you start: Arm yourself with a reusable water bottle, a couple grocery totes, a few cloth bags and reusable jars and bottles. Get your 4Rs right. Refuse-Reduce-Reuse… Recycle only as …

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A Not-So-Quick Note On the Nature of Happiness

Happiness has also been on my mind for the past few weeks, and I wanted to add my thoughts to Rabbit’s If there is one universal truth about every single human being that ever existed, it’s that we want to be happy. It’s pretty clear right? No one in his right mind wants to be …

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A Quick Notes On the Nature of Happiness

I came across a quote the other week that explains happiness in a profound way: Happiness does not come from a state, but from a change of state. That it is so is illustrated by the total failure of every writer to describe a satisfactory paradise, whether in heaven or on earth. The tedium of …

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silent synesthesia

I’ve been so busy with work lately that I guess I forgot that we were Wednesday yesterday, which is my day to write this micro-blog. Since I obviously don’t have much time, I dug up a poem I wrote a while back. After re-reading it, it was actually a nice reminder for me in these …

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Chinese Restaurant

Lately the topic -and importance- of identity has repeated itself in many of my daily experiences.  We are only the people we are willing to be is what I see written in the signs and now having arrived back from watching Cloud Atlas again I’m inspired to make a public announcement. One which will call …

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RECONNECT

A huge part as to why the Valhalla Movement exists today is due to a mutual feeling we all have inside us! This ever growing – never fully suppressed feeling that we need to reconnect to the world around us! Do you know what I’m talking about? Do you feel it too? What we at Valhalla propose is …

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