“The tragedy arises when we lose ourselves. When we get absorbed in the larger wave and feel like we have no control. Fighting and thrashing, we desperately seek to reclaim our autonomy. Metaphorically, we look to smooth the ripple with our hand, not realizing that, left to its own nature, everything will be as it should.”
As much as points in our life can cause us to carry negative emotions and pain with us long after the event has subsided, the low points should hold just as important a place as the high ones. Why? Because without knowing bad, we can’t know good. Good becomes the new normal, and great becomes the new good. We are always in need of something to compare to.
“Peace” can be a rather ambiguous and subjective term, but it is someone that we as humans inherently possess. It isn’t something we go out into the world and search for and it isn’t something we try harder to grasp. Peace, in whatever definition we take it to be, is something that can only be found by removing layers and limiting distractions.
“Worry, over-analyzing, and dictating decisions can create significant negative outcomes in our lives. To make it even worse, the time we spend trying to solve those problems typically doesn’t give us benefit in the present moment or later in the future. In many instances we are worse off after trying to settle something quickly than if we had waited.”
“Perhaps what scares people the most is not knowing when this day will come. In worrying about death, people walk through life asleep, and die never having really lived. Could there be a greater tragedy than this?”
“To restrain from causing pain and suffering is without question virtuous and righteous, but to hold back from behaviours that don’t fall into that category is simply unnatural. They are just as much a part of the human experience as the publicized and mimicked qualities we see at every street corner and on every magazine cover. Intrinsically, no better or no worse. Just different.”
“But with consistent routine, progress is on our side. Believing in the process and performing one day at a time is what creates success in the long run.”
“Knowledge is certainly something to be leveraged, but there will always be things that we are unaware of and susceptible to. Therefore, every action we take is essentially a calculated risk. And in many cases with risk, self-belief is a major factor in what the outcome will be.”
“Life is a continual process of changing and adapting in an attempt to find an optimal balance. “What Matters” is a subjective answer, and there really isn’t a right or wrong answer to it. The beauty of life is that each person, each individual gets to decide what matters to them, and how they want to spend their time.”
