Something worth thinking: The ways in which your current situation-though perhaps unplanned or unwanted-could be the path to the place you've actually always wanted to be, if only you'd begin to think of it that way.
The path to a greater life is not "suffering until you achieve something," but letting bits and pieces of joy and gratitude and meaning and purpose gradually build, bit by bit.
“When conditions are great,things are easy,no one is interrupting, temptations aren't luring, and nothing is disturbing your stride; that too is when most everyone else does great...when problems come up and temptation is great,that you get to prove your worthiness for progress.”
“The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself. Sometimes you have to get out of that environment to see that dream fulfilled.”
“You get in life what you create. Expectation drives the creative process. What do you expect? You expect whatever it is you're thinking about. Your thought process, the conversation in your head, is at the base of the results you create in life.”
“The greater the challenge, the more rigorous our routines need to be. The key to becoming world-class in your endeavors is to build your performance around world-class routines.”
We can all make powerful choices. Rather than letting past hurtful experiences sap our energy and sabotage our success, we can use them to fuel positive, constructive change.
“Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values.”
No matter what has happened to you, take complete responsibility for it-good or bad, victory or defeat. Own it.
"The day you graduate from childhood to adulthood is the day you take full responsibility for your life."
“Your biggest challenge isn't that you've intentionally been making bad choices. Heck, that would be easy to fix. Your biggest challenge is that you've been sleepwalking through your choices. Half the time, you're not even aware you're making them!”