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December 16 - December 20, 2024
‘possessions.’
needing
someone
ego
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Once you realize you don’t actually need anyone, you can start enjoying people’s company. You can see them as they really are rather than trying to get something from them.
Religion is a perfect illustration of the dangers of excessive attachment to beliefs.
Your ego needs the approval of other people to feel valued.
If you have smart/famous friends, your ego will associate with them to strengthen its identity.
The ego loves to be correct.
What triggered my emotions? What fueled them over the two days? What story was I telling myself? How and why did I get out of my slump? What can I learn from this episode?
Each time you lock on to a thought, or hold onto an emotion, you suffer.
You’ll notice people around you dwelling on a past they cannot alter. You’ll see your family members and friends worrying about a future they cannot predict.
Your thoughts define who you are and create your reality.
Reality in itself can never be upsetting. This is worth repeating.
Emotions cannot persist unless you give them your attention.
Your emotions will come and they will go.
That’s why an emotion given no attention will eventually fade away.
Learning from your past is useful, dwelling on it isn’t.
Happiness is a choice you need to make every day.
E-motions are energy in motion,
Release any resentment you feel or have felt.
People you hang out with have a tremendous influence on your emotional state.
Negative people will suck up your energy, demotivate you and destroy your potential.
the person who made the compliment wants you to receive it, not to flush it down the toilets!
no one is coming to save you and you are responsible for your life.
only you can change your life.
can’t do anything about it, so I might as well enjoy it, or at least don’t stress over it.
you incorrectly assume, often unconsciously, people think about you significantly more often than they actually do.
if you base your self-worth on what people think of you, you’ll always be at the mercy of the approval of others.
You’re not responsible for people’s thoughts.
don’t make it your personal mission to change people’s image of you.
they have the right to dislike you.
You’re merely being human.
If you are overly self-conscious, chances are you worry too much about the way people perceive you.
It is essential you learn to let go of this self-image.
to let your personality shine, you have no choice but to allow them to see you whatever way they wish.
is the result of being attached to what was in the past instead of focusing on what could be in the future.
One of the most ridiculous things we try to do as human beings is to want to change the past.
what are you going to do about it?
why not compare your ‘today’s’ self with your ‘yesterday’s’ self.
depression, like other emotional states, is neither good nor bad, it just is.
it is, in fact, created by the negative thoughts you identified with.
Depression is a sign you’ve lost touch with reality.
can get lost in their mind and become enslaved by negative thoughts and disempowering stories.
Have self-compassion and love yourself instead of blaming yourself for everything that goes wrong in your life.
Having self-compassion means encouraging yourself instead of beating yourself up.
