All we have is this present moment. Time spent trying to re-litigate the past or predict the future is time wasted.
It’s better to choose forgiveness over revenge, love over hate.
You are enough. We all are.
This too shall pass.
Gratitude is a super power.
We all get afraid. Keep going.
The wolf we feed is the wolf that wins.
If we are serious about change we need to do the work. Otherwise, we need to shut up and stop complaining.
Talk less, smile more.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
When given a choice between adopting a learning mindset or a judging mindset, choose the former. Spoiler alert: we always have a choice.
Let it go.
Seriously, just let it go.
We want to be finished. We’re never going to be finished.
If you are anything like me, you probably know all these things to not only be true, but rather obvious upon any level of basic reflection.
But knowing something to be true is not the same as doing it.
We can fully appreciate that knowledge is valuable, but that nothing actually changes until we put our knowledge into action. Until we practice what we preach. Until we make mistakes, recalibrate and get back out in the arena powered by a deep awareness that we all have an expiration date and that what we do makes a difference.
We can read books about heaven or we can practice actually creating heaven on earth. And more often than not we have to start before we are ready.
Obviously.
h/t to the Reverend Aaron White for helping inspire this post.