“Just as one must suffer physical pain to build stronger bones and muscle.
One must suffer emotional pain to develop greater emotional resilience. A strongest sense of self increased compassion on a generally happier life.”
~ Mark Manson
“To not give a fuck about ANYTHING is still to give a fuck about SOMETHING.
The real question is, WHAT are we choosing to give a fuck about?
WHAT values are we choosing to base our actions on?
WHAT Metrics are we choosing to use to measure our life?”
“We don’t always control what happens to us. But we ALWAYS control how we interpret what happens to us, as well as how we respond.”
Mark Manson ~ The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck
“There’s a simple realization from all personal improvement and growth emerges. This is the realization that, we individually, I responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances.”
The ones who fly to the top of it. People who enjoy the stresses and uncertainties of the starving artist lifestyle are ultimately the ones who live it and make it. This is not about willpower or grit. Our problems birth our happiness along with upgraded problems.
Who you are is define by what you are willing to struggle for. People who enjoy the struggles of the gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiselled abs and can bench press a small house. People who enjoy long work weeks and the politics of the corporate ladder are-
“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience”
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck ~ Mark Manson
“I will persist until I succeed.
I was not delivered into this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep.”
It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream.
That's the point at which most people give up….
If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.
Now that I have seen them, and now that I see how immense my possibilities are, I'm going to feel worse than I did before you arrived. Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.
~ Paulo Coelho
You have been a real blessing to me. Today, I understand something I didn't see before:
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. I don't want anything else in life. But you are forcing me to look at wealth and at horizons I have never known…