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September 3 - September 24, 2019
the goal of life is to achieve a state of happiness and tranquility.
“For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it? A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not, necessarily be attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from deep within, since
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People can only hurt you if you let them. Worrying about what other people say or think about you means that you let them. Live your life the way you feel is right and do not worry about what other people say. Do not let them hurt you. You cannot control what people think of you.
We determine our: Desire Attitude Judgments Determination
If you want to achieve things in your life, it's about aiming for daily progress. You want to exercise, read, work, learn, study, every single day. Remember this: Inconsistency is the enemy of results.
life is only short when you waste your time. We waste a lot of our time because we do not know how to use it. A life well lived is long enough.
While we are afraid that we have to let people down, the opposite is true: people will start respecting you more when you start saying no. People perceive that as a strong character trait.
Happiness is a skill. Mastering that skill starts with managing your thoughts.