R/Selfimprovement - What Wise Words Do You Hug on to During Hard Times?
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"For a seed to become its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, the insides come out. To someone that doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction." -ocelli
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âGrapes must be crushed to make wine. Diamonds form under pressure. Olives are pressed to release oil. Seeds grow in darkness. So whenever you feel crushed, under pressure, pressed, or in darkness, you are in a powerful place of transformation.â
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We are naturally creatures of comfort so we tend to surround ourselves with like-minded people. The trick though, is to surround yourself with people that will call you out on your bullshit and push you to become a better version of yourself.Stop running from the people that trigger you, they have been unknowingly sent to make you better. When they can no longer affect you in anyway, then you're no longer the seed, now, you're GROWING.
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âA mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.â
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space, is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.Victor Frankl
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The grass is greener where you water it.
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âEverything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms â to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.â- Viktor Frankl
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âlife is a not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experiencedâ
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âThere will always be temptation.âShe was speaking from a relationship standpoint, but I took it at relate it to every day life, especially in improving my self.There will always be temptation to do things you know you shouldnât be doing, no matter where you are in life and your self improvement journey. When things get rough, itâs tempting to fall back into your old, familiar, destructive ways. When you get nervous or scared, itâs tempting to run and hide rather than face your fears. When your relationship gets difficult or your partner turns out to be less than perfect, itâs tempting to let your eyes wander rather than put energy into fixing problems or allowing yourself to be vulnerable around them.In life, you will often have to choose between what is right and what is easy. There will be times when you can cruise for a bit without making difficult decisions, but for the most part you will often be given the opportunity to to choose the more difficult but more righteous path. You are who you are, but for the most part you get to choose who you become. Itâs OK to give in to little insignificant temptations like that extra cookie or 5 more minutes in the shower, but otherwise you must always be ready to face temptations and strive to be the best person you can be.
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"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision" Cicero.
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âBe tolerant with others and strict with yourself.â by Marcus Aurelius
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" How you spend your days, is how you spend your life."
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"Things will get better, just not yet."
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âWhatever youâre not changing you are choosing.â
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- goals, achievement, passivity, intentionality, agency,
"You are far from where you are headed but you are from where you were".
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- [note::"You are far from where you are headed but you are [also far] from where you were".]
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title: R/Selfimprovement - What Wise Words Do You Hug on to During Hard Times?
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"For a seed to become its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, the insides come out. To someone that doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction." -ocelli
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âGrapes must be crushed to make wine. Diamonds form under pressure. Olives are pressed to release oil. Seeds grow in darkness. So whenever you feel crushed, under pressure, pressed, or in darkness, you are in a powerful place of transformation.â
- No location available
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We are naturally creatures of comfort so we tend to surround ourselves with like-minded people. The trick though, is to surround yourself with people that will call you out on your bullshit and push you to become a better version of yourself.Stop running from the people that trigger you, they have been unknowingly sent to make you better. When they can no longer affect you in anyway, then you're no longer the seed, now, you're GROWING.
- No location available
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âA mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant.â
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space, is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.Victor Frankl
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The grass is greener where you water it.
- No location available
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âEverything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms â to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.â- Viktor Frankl
- No location available
-
âlife is a not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experiencedâ
- No location available
- life, perspective, mindfulness,
âThere will always be temptation.âShe was speaking from a relationship standpoint, but I took it at relate it to every day life, especially in improving my self.There will always be temptation to do things you know you shouldnât be doing, no matter where you are in life and your self improvement journey. When things get rough, itâs tempting to fall back into your old, familiar, destructive ways. When you get nervous or scared, itâs tempting to run and hide rather than face your fears. When your relationship gets difficult or your partner turns out to be less than perfect, itâs tempting to let your eyes wander rather than put energy into fixing problems or allowing yourself to be vulnerable around them.In life, you will often have to choose between what is right and what is easy. There will be times when you can cruise for a bit without making difficult decisions, but for the most part you will often be given the opportunity to to choose the more difficult but more righteous path. You are who you are, but for the most part you get to choose who you become. Itâs OK to give in to little insignificant temptations like that extra cookie or 5 more minutes in the shower, but otherwise you must always be ready to face temptations and strive to be the best person you can be.
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"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision" Cicero.
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âBe tolerant with others and strict with yourself.â by Marcus Aurelius
- No location available
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" How you spend your days, is how you spend your life."
- No location available
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"Things will get better, just not yet."
- No location available
-
âWhatever youâre not changing you are choosing.â
- No location available
- goals, achievement, passivity, intentionality, agency,
"You are far from where you are headed but you are from where you were".
- No location available
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- [note::"You are far from where you are headed but you are [also far] from where you were".]