“When things don’t go well it’s easy to wonder, "Why me?” It’s easy to point fingers. It’s easy to wallow in frustration or defeat.
But it is also easy to ask, “What is this teaching me?”
You can’t remove the frustrations from life, but you can always try to come out a little wiser on the other side.“
Sometimes, the lesson can be as simple as “life is hard and sometimes bad things can happen without any profound motive or reason”
Spilled words.
“Do not merely think that you are going to become great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now. Do not think that you will act in a great way when you reach a different environment; act in a great way where you are now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way when you begin to deal with great things; begin to deal in a great way with small things.”
“When things don’t go well it’s easy to wonder, "Why me?” It’s easy to point fingers. It’s easy to wallow in frustration or defeat.
But it is also easy to ask, “What is this teaching me?”
You can’t remove the frustrations from life, but you can always try to come out a little wiser on the other side.“
You became vulnerable and open, but they hurt you. Then they ask why you turned ice-cold.
“Be careful when you blindly follow the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.”
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.”
They are right. Re-reading your favorite book after a few years hits different.
“Jealousy looks terrible on us, yet too many of us continue to wear it.”
“Don’t linger over bad decisions; it gives them the power to define you. Forgive yourself and replace them with good ones in the future.”
“Not everyone who starts with you finishes with you.”