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16 Jan 2023
“Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions. Strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.” - Og Mandino
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Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” (1/6)
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The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad — (5/6)
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because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.” - Alan Watts (6/6)
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“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” - William Butler Yeats
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“Life becomes so beautiful when you realize that one step backwards is also a part of the dance.”
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“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” Mark 8:35
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“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”
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“Some are so poor, all they have is money.”
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“Some people say they’d kill for a shot or they’d die for a chance, when in reality they won’t even wake up 60 minutes earlier for it.”
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“When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.” - Lin Yutang
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No need to drink the entire sea to know it’s salty.
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The answers are always on the other side of comfort.
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"Life won't stop for your pauses and procrastinations. It won't stop for your confusion or fear. It will continue right along without you.”
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29 Dec 2025
Once you accept that discipline would fix your fitness, your finances, your skills, you are left with a simpler and more uncomfortable truth: Where your life is bad, it is often because you have chosen, repeatedly, not to do the unglamorous work that would make it better.
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29 Dec 2025
“You will have the urge to show others you're doing well, you must resist that urge.”
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25 Dec 2025
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3
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24 Dec 2025
"The superior man is distinguished from the inferior man by his courage and his willingness to defy misfortune." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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