2020/9
The scales of justice may tip one way or another, but ultimately they balance out.
Be who you want to be, not who they want you to be. Don’t accept their enslavement, for your mother birthed you free.
A time will come to ride the wind and cleave the waves;
I’ll set my cloud-like sail to across the sea which raves.
Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way. Even though it may seem silly and wrong, you must try.
What really allows for such dramatic changes are the things that occur on the inside of a person, and we completely invisible: the slow accumulation of knowledge and skills, the incremental improvements in work habits, and the ability to withstand criticism.
It’s the actor’s job to strive for 100% effectiveness. Naturally, we never succeed, but it’s the pursuit that’s meaningful.
When you believe that there is a way around or through wahtever is in front of you, that surrender is not a option， you can overcome enormous obstacles.
As long as there is a breath in your body, it’s never too late to change your story.
2020/10
A warrior does not give up what he loves. He finds the love in what he does.
When we deny what is worst about ourselves, we also deny what is best. We repress our ignorance, and thus we deny our capacity to learn; we repress our faults, and thus deny our capacity to change.
Don’t let your fear of what could happen make nothing happen.
It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
Plant a tiny seed in the right spot, and it will grow without coaxing.
Nothing truely good was ever easy.
2020/11
Our views of the world has a fundamental tendency to tilt toward the negative. We literally have to work harder to see the upside of things.
You have to live spherically, in many directions. Never lose your childish enthusiasm, and things will come your way.
It’s kinda like a painting. When you’re standing too close to it, you can see dark bits and you can see light bits. But you don’t really know what you’re looking at until you take a step back.
While there’s a lot that I don’t know at my age, what I do know is this: what some people take for granted, others are fighting for.
We need to lift our sights, set our sights on well-being, so that life can be about making life more wonderful, rather than just less horrible.
We have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things we don’t like. We can only live together in that way.
What are the skills that you consistently use in everything that you end up doing? Therein lies your strength, your story, your path to success.
2020/12
Life’s so short and such glorious images in the world, and such horror as well, but I want to see it all. So I’ve moved out of my comfort zone.
Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel. But if you just keep moving, you will come to a better place.
I actually enjoy being alone. Solitude allowed me to think about important things.
2021/1
Focus on getting good at something that genuinely helps others, and makes the world a better place. That’s the secret to a fulfilling career.
A good person. You have to put other people’s interests before your own.
You can’t get so hung up on where you’d rather be that you forget to make the most of where you are.
2021/3
Maybe it takes almost losing someone before you know how much you’re going to miss them.
Love is more than just an emotion. It’s a capacity, a verb, an endlessly renewable resource, and not just in our private lives.
Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth. It’s an understanding of the needs of the world.
You’ll remember you don’t believe in any of this fate crap. You’re in control of your own life.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
2021/4
Everyone is procrastinating on something in life. We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey. That’s a job for all of us.
They can’t hurt you unless you let them.
You have to learn to select your thoughts the same way that you select your clothes every day. That’s a power that you can cultivate.
You can’t achieve your deepest and most meaningful work, while you’re distracted doing sundry little projects that cost more than they’re worth.
Sometimes you can’t see what you’re learning until you come out the other side.
If you don’t go out and experience life first-hand in a fully aware state, you cannot claim you’ve lived your life.
I mean, what is love, right? If It’s not respect, trust and admiration?
Bringing exercise in your life will not only give you a happier, more protective life today, but it will protect your brain from incurable diseases. And in this way, it will change the trajectory of your life for the bettter.