The quality of your life is a byproduct of your standards and how well you hold yourself to them.
If you want to live your best life, you have to hold yourself to your best (realistic) standards.
This isn’t to say you can’t update and revise your standards as you grow, change, and mature.
It’s merely to say, if you don’t have standards set then anything will do.
And living your best life isn’t something that happens where anything will do.
What a waste to miss out on what’s here because we're too busy whining about dreaming about scheming about what’s over there.
The less I need the better I feel.
I start to need less when I stop listening to those who tell me I need more.
Therefore, the path to feeling better is to get better at avoiding (both literally and virtually) more-ons (the people who turn your mind on to needing more).
It’s quiet up here Above clouds Above signals Above noise I’m disconnected And my mind begins to float. Looking down I imagine What’s being said What’s being heard What’s calling for attention And I brush at my beard over what’s not. Not everything needs noise To feel seen To feel heard To feel connected But noise isn't the type To just give in or relent. The window calls me back And as I look upon the clouds And vast sky And bend of the earth I feel a deep sense of calm and— I glance back at my screen I clack a few keys Move around a few lines And unknowingly wonder how I might Maximize this poem's Shares and likes.
With exercise: you get out what you put in.
With learning: you get out what you put in.
With relationships: you get out what you put in.
If you don’t feel like you’re getting enough out, try putting more in.
You’re much more likely to grow a tree by planting seeds than you are just waiting for the seeds to plant themselves.
The same is true for growing people.
You’re much more likely to inspire growth in people by planting mind seeds than you are waiting for the seeds to plant themselves.