Little Tippi is the real-life Mowgli, a child who made her home with the animals just as Rudyard Kipling’s young hero did in The Jungle Book. Showcased in her new book, “Tippi: My Book of Africa”, these magical images chronicle the extraordinary life of a girl living freely in the African wilderness, sharing a unique bond with some of Africa’s most beautiful wildlife.

Born in Windhoek, Namibia in 1990, Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degre travelled through Africa for 10 years with her French parents, wildlife photographers Sylvie Robert and Alain Degré.

From sitting on the back of an ostrich, lying peacefully with a lion cub or cuddling with a caracal, these amazing pictures show an unusual bond and tranquility between man and beast.

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Did you know that our thoughts are constantly changing? Some philosophers have even suggested that we exist in a state of flux. Meaning that our thoughts and ideas are always shifting from one perspective to another. One moment you may think of someone in a negative aspect and the next, it’s changed for the better.

So all the more reason to never care about what other people think of you, because really it doesn’t matter anyway!

1.You Know How To Say No

You are confident and comfortable speaking your own truth. You live in alignment with your soul and you honour and respect your heart desires, even if it means rejecting the approval of those around you.

2.The Opinion of Yourself is the Most Important

You know deep down inside that the opinions and judgement’s of others are more about themselves, than they are about you. You embrace this and understand that the opinion you have of yourself, is the one the matters most. You hold yourself to your own standard and aren’t afraid to show it. Continue reading →

Being preoccupied with negative thoughts is the most widespread disease of our civilization. This does not need any proof or any concrete data, because everyone you talk to about it would agree that this is also happening to them.

Negative thoughts, besides burdening us and showing us a completely wrong picture of our and other people’s lives, and besides damaging our health, have a very interesting paradoxical characteristic – you will often be convinced that you are thinking positively, that you are full of enthusiasm, but, in fact, these thoughts will be negative, without you being aware of it.

There are numerous, everyday examples, and you will immediately recognize them from your personal life.

Let’s say that, as they say, you are working on yourself and you want to raise your self-confidence, self-esteem, become more confident in yourself. We all need that and it is very important, good, helpful and nice to work on this, but how can you achieve it? Do you build your self-confidence by only working on yourself, or do you use affirming thoughts to oppose other people?

– I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSE THAN ME TO BE AN OBSTACLE
– THOSE WHO DON’T LIKE IT CAN LEAVE MY LIFE
– I DO NOT NEED FALSE FRIENDS
– I LOVE MYSELF MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE

The examples of this kind of affirmation are endless and almost anyone will believe that this is a positive attitude towards themselves and that it fills us with positive energy. But that is not the case. Because every thought that has a non-positive attitude, no matter to whom it is directed, is negative and any such thought will leave a trace on the person who thinks it.

What is the true message of the affirmation “I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSE THAN ME TO BE AN OBSTACLE”? The message is that I am determined to confront the people who are worse than me. It also contains the opinion that other people are worse than me. Both are negative. Confrontation as an attitude always results in a confrontation from the other party (two things that are the same will attract one another), the thought that others are inferior is an expression of a negative experience regarding other people. After such allegedly positive growth, we are left with a deep sense of resistance towards other people, and with the need to fight and have a negative outlook towards the environment.

However, people experience relief from such affirmations, they feel a burst of energy, a flurry of security and believe that this is a positive step in empowering themselves. Why is that? Because of the paradox that negative thoughts lead us into believing that they are good for us. Because the expression of negative attitudes toward others “feed” our already accumulated negativity, we add a portion of the negative energy to our unconscious negative beliefs, and in return we get the message that we feel good. Yeah, someone feels good, and the only question is: who is that person inside ourselves that feels enjoyment after each portion of negative thoughts that we direct to our surroundings, and who remains empty-handed?

When we want to get rid of the negative thoughts, we should be aware, as much as we can, to address our affirmations and the energy they give us. In order to make ourselves stronger, we don’t need to compare ourselves with others, on the contrary, it is best that every message that we send to ourselves, we don’t send to anyone else.

Instead of “I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORSE THAN ME TO BE AN OBSTACLE,” the positive affirmation should be “I FEEL FREE AND UNINHIBITED.”

Instead of “THOSE WHO DON’T LIKE IT CAN LEAVE MY LIFE,” we can say, “THE NEW PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO ACCEPT ME, ARE ALSO ACCEPTED BY BE.”

Instead of “I DO NOT NEED FALSE FRIENDS,” say “I ONLY HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE SINCERE.”

Instead of “I LOVE MYSELF MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE,” tell the world “I LOVE MYSELF AND LET OTHER PEOPLE LOVE THEMSELVES.”

1. Seeing yourself as a victim.

Victim consciousness is a delicate thing. We are all creators of our reality even if we don’t understand it. To take responsibility for something is having the ability to respond. A victim is only a perspective that you choose.

2. Thinking everybody else is doing better than you.

“If only I had the money she has, I’d be happy.” Deep down, you should know thats not true. The material life can suck us up in its vortex – but keep looking through the illusion. Appreciate what you have, you can never know what’s going on behind the other door.

3. High expectations.

High expectations are the ultimate happiness killer because you can never know what other people have prepared for you. The less you expect – the lesser the chance you’ll get disappointed. Be grateful – you have a lot more than most people on this planet. Continue reading →