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“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.” — Seneca
The oldest tennis tournament in the world, Wimbledon, has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877. Just above the players’ entrance to the Centre Court, the tournament’s main arena, inscribed are two lines from Rudyard Kipling’s “If:”
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same
There are a lot of things that don’t work in our current society. Our obsession with instant gratification, our desire to fix ourselves by all sorts of means…
But there’s one aspect that is often promoted as a magical solution to all our problems, when in fact is a double-edged sword.
Visualization.
Believe you can, think about it, over and over again, and you’re halfway there.
Visualizing triumph is easy.
But what about disaster?
What about visualizing the worst-case scenario? When everything that can go wrong does go wrong?
Continue reading “Stoic Wisdom to Help You Handle the Possibility of Disaster”
Goals are essential to our happiness. Working towards a worthy goal ensures that we live a life that is meaningful and fulfilling.
If so, why do we fail at most of our goals? Why do we struggle with motivation?
If our vision of the future is so compelling, if we know why we want it, if we know how to get it, then why do we struggle to do it?
I believe it all comes down to the fact that we never ask ourselves this simple question, a question that perhaps you don’t even want to think about, let alone answer.
Continue reading “The One Question You Should Always Ask Yourself Before Pursuing a Goal”All this talk about the draft folder is really just the tip of the iceberg. I left out the part about all the emails I’ve sent to myself with pictures attached. Looking through some of them lastnight I noticed there’s an additional folder entitled ‘Blog Ideas’, chocked full from 2019. Let’s not forget the journals and slips of paper I come across every now and then. I even text myself ideas when the inspiration hits. So really, the draft folder is the least of it.
There’s no lack for inspiration here.
This laptop has memes sitting on the desktop, just waiting for a story. Every so often, it begins to look cluttered, so I file them into a folder. My first Zoom conference this year with the man I work with was truly embarrassing. We were sharing our screens, going over email platforms, and our screens were extreme opposites. His…
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“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.”
― Henri-Frédéric Amiel
In a way, who I am is inseparable from my suffering. My pain dictates my personality, my emotional resilience, and my ambition. My struggle to establish a soul that belongs to me only affects my relationships, even determines the people I want close to me.
If I had to get rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels too. If I’d never write about my suffering, you’d never quite get a sense that I’m an actual human being. Just like every single one of the perfect strangers you encounter on any given day.
Continue reading “Selling Our Pain for Likes and Reads”
