The Extinction Trials

by A.G. Riddle

Every human is born with a birthright. That birthright is happiness. Our greatest challenge to achieving happiness is not the obstacles we encounter in our life. The true barrier to happiness lies inside of us—and it’s the one thing we can’t ever escape: our own mind.

It’s funny how our minds get locked into our own vision of how things are going to be. If it’s different from that, we resist, even if it’s better.

we don’t always remember people—or what they do to us—but we remember how they make us feel.

We say that we spend time for a reason—time is a currency. In the end, it’s the only currency that matters.”

And to some extent, we are the product of how our memories have changed how we see the world and how we behave.”

A mind under stress naturally resists rest. It is a machine that is always on. Yet, often times, the only way to overcome the stress-inducing obstacle is to recharge and achieve greater performance. Therefore, a new perspective must be adopted: that rest is productive, that in times of great stress, rest is often the activity of greatest value.