Cats are a monumental part of the internet. If something was to represent the internet, it would probably be a picture of a cat surfing on pizza through the universe.

In 2014 alone, over 2 million cat videos were posted on youtube with a growing reach of 26 billion views collectively. People love the cute, cuddly and hilarious energy of felines; and for good reason.

A new study at an Indiana University shows that watching uplifting cat videos boosts your energy and decreases negative feelings.

Lead by assistant professor Jessica Gall Myrick, the study consisted of almost 7,000 people being surveyed about their cat viewing experience and how it affects their moods.

In a startling revelation, Google was accused last week of spying on its users. The source code that allows the invasive surveillance was designed to enable Chrome users to conduct Google searches by voice, activating computers’ built-in microphones to facilitate the process. However, privacy advocates noticed that the code enabled perpetual recording of users’ private conversations using the access granted from “OK Google,” the name of the hotword voice detection tool.

The stealth code was first recognized by Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the Pirate party. In a blog post, he wrote, “Without consent, Google’s code had downloaded a black box of code that – according to itself – had turned on the microphone and was actively listening to your room.

We often think to ourselves that playing it safe is a smart bet. To play it safe, many of us take the job with the good benefits, drive the car with the good mileage and purchase the home in the safe community.

However, while it is unnecessary to swing for the fences with every life decision, playing it safe as your standard decision-making practice is actually the most dangerous thing that you can do with your life. Here are three reasons why:

3 Reasons Why Playing It Safe Is Dangerous

1. Playing it safe often means that we are going along with herd...

Love is everything, and yet it can be so very easy to lose sight of its importance as we get bogged down with the stressors of daily life. We live in a world seemingly filled with fear, war, politics, and corruption. In these difficult times of conflict and uncertainty, how do we open our hearts and let more love into our lives? Here are my reflections as a psychologist and human being lovingly sharing this journey with you:

How to Let More Love Into Your Life

1. Focus Less on Things, and More on People

Many of us feel trapped in an artificial physical reality where we shove ourselves into cubicles, fight each other in traffic, and work passionless jobs so we can pay money to surround ourselves with things that we don’t really need. It is a vicious cycle, and one that can make us feel empty and alone, especially when we realize that material possessions will not bring us love.

“People were created to be loved, and things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved, and people are being used.”

– Unknown

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The struggle between Mercury and Neptune wanes by the end of the week. Meanwhile, Venus and Jupiter form the nicest of conjunctions all week, and they conjunct exactly on June 30. Mercury takes on a pivotal role towards the end of the week, in his home sign and at the focal point of a double minor grand trine with Uranus, his tutor, and the pleasant Venus-Jupiter duo in Leo. Communication, networking, gathering information, and logical thought have a supercharged boost from Uranus and a sense of abundance and cooperation from Venus and Jupiter. Mercury is wringing free of Neptune’s fog this week, but do be aware of Neptune’s brighter side (such as creativity) in generating solutions to problems and using the mind.

Sun forms an opposition to Pluto this week, and Mars begins to form one to his overlord…Mars‘ energy is amplified by Pluto‘s power! Sun-Pluto is tense this week, but encourages conscious perspectives and building up personal power. With all of the activity among the planets this week, and with two planetary pairs forming, no less, perhaps Saturn steals the show. The mutual reception with Pluto continues (think powerful structures, disciplined transformation) and the slow-moving Saturn aspects three of the eight Transneptunians throughout the week. Responding to internal and external authority suggests opportunities to be persistent and focused, use power and force, and multiply efforts.