"Our lives are greatly affected by what we learn & what we know.
Pay attention, -if you just watch you can pick up clues, success leaves clues & if you'll be a better observer of the winners & losers, take mental notes then decide to adjust on what you do based on what you see."
Rehearse this thought everyday, - that you may be able to depart from life contentedly, for many men cling tightly to life like leaves, branches & twigs cling on rocks while being washed downstream, eventually they are carried away by the strong currents of the river.
Everyday when you wake up tell yourself this; (loudly not in a whisper or internal conversation but utter the words from your mouth)
"Today I shall meet the uncharitable, disappointments,failure, rejection, harsh judgments, criticism.
But I must remain calm, peaceful and wise"
Many a times when you feel lost & confused, stepping back reveals the whole path.
Pause, breathe for a moment & step out of the path then look back to where you started & how far you have come. Then recalibrate pick a different bearing and keep moving forward regardless.
Life is a clock
🔹If the time is wrong its better to be still than to run in the wrong direction. A stopped clock is right twice a day but a clock running in the wrong direction is never right.
🔹Depth and direction over speed and motion.
Most people are busy going nowhere fast
🔹He suffers more than necessary he who suffers before it's necessary
This ancient wisdom tells us not travel into the future to meet our adversities for they will surely come and so there is no need for suffering the thought of uncertain trouble to come
Do not of your own accord make your troubles heavier to bear and burden yourself with complaining, - pain is slight if opinion has added nothing to it.
In a world where everyone is trying to build a brand of themselves I chose a different path, my own path, - a brand to my inner self every single day.
Today is victory over myself of yesterday tomorrow will be victory over lesser men
Accept the pain & through it find atonement. You see guys we live in a world where pain is inevitable but suffering from it is your chosing
No one escapes the storm but some people drown in it, -this is where AMOR FATI, an ancient wisdom from the Greek School of thought comes in.
True wisdom is in knowing that nothing is truly ours. Everything is on an ending journey. The knowledge of the futility of our pursuits, fleeting desires material accumulation should be a key tenet to guide your life on earth not aimed at a complete resignation but DETACHMENT
Let us practice strokes on the dummy,
Let us make ourselves familiar with poverty so that misfortune may not catch us unaware, - Set aside days that you avail yourself to the scantiest fair, eat the cheapest available food, wear the ordinary clothes & need no luxury & power
It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste alot of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievement if it were all well invested.
The very thing we grasp finally slips through our hands therefore my dear brothers and sisters begin to live at once and count each day as each separate lives and hold not with a clenched fist to the gifts of chance.