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Wishing the world was a better place is nice—but not useful.
Complaining about how bad of a place the world is—is the opposite of useful.
Talk is cheap. And what our world needs is far from cheap…
What we need is the good stuff… the gold… what we need is more do-something-about-it.
I asked: What’s ONE thing you’ve either added or subtracted from your life that led to more inner peace? Here are the answers. I hope they help.
We can give people every ounce of love we have… and they’ll still want more.
We can give work every ounce of energy we have… and they’ll still want more.
We can give media every ounce of attention we have… and they’ll still want more.
We can give away all of ourselves… and it STILL won’t be enough.
Which is why, we need to put limits around what we give.
Otherwise, we’ll be left with nothing and for what?
…A temporary bump in satisfaction that will soon disappear into the life-sucking black hole that is the insatiable desire(s) of those in our world?
…No, thanks.
And it should be a, “No, thanks” from you, too.
Not trying may appear safe, but it’s actually quite risky.
Trying may appear risky, but it’s actually quite safe.
Appearances can be deceiving. And how your mind (ego) responds to what appears to be risky is… avoid at all costs.
The mind likes to preserve what’s here—what’s guaranteed. It likes to maintain its reputation, stray from embarrassment, and stick to what makes it (you) look good.
But, by not trying you:
See, it’s by trying that you get the opposite of all of the above mentioned things…
…An undoubtedly much safer means to living your best life.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.
When you do less, you can rest more.
When you rest more, you’ll have more energy to do what’s hard.
When you do more of what’s hard, you’ll get ahead.
Don’t let people fool you into thinking you always have to do more—it’s a trap.
When you take your total energy and divide it amongst more tasks it equals less energy for all of the tasks: including (and most importantly) the hard ones.
And less energy for the hard tasks is how you fall behind.
Don’t fall for it.
Do less.
Or are you…
Lazy is usually a symptom; not a character trait.
Just as you might make time for learning…
So, too, should you make time for unlearning.
Adding knowledge is undoubtedly helpful…
But removing limiting beliefs and toxic thought patterns is liberating.
Rather than thinking about what you can ADD to your to-do list…
Think about what you can SUBTRACT.
The reality is… we do WAY too much stupid stuff every day.
And by eliminating more of the stupid stuff… VOILA—you’ll have more time for the not-stupid stuff.
Which is ultimately what we’re really after when we make to-do lists isn’t it?