The rich white male ceo of the company my friend works for is delivering an annual message to his company with his big glass windows and golf clubs in the background and with his pocket square gleaming and he just said:
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
Let me tell you something ...
YOU SHOULD CARE.
You should care about EVERY moment of trying AND failing.
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You should care especially about failures because only in failing do you learn to grow, shift your thinking, and learn resilience. Only when you fail do you understand what you need to do to continue on and not fail again.
CELEBRATE every choice you make to TRY.
CELEBRATE every choice you make to try AGAIN.
CELEBRATE every decision you make to move forward even if you don't succeed at first.
CELEBRATE every forward motion you decide to make.
Every single small step is important.
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The oppressors that want you to be a miserable wage slave and brainwash you into thinking that NOTHING is worth anything unless you SUCCEED at it are liars ...
EVERYTHING you do ... FOR YOU ... to move yourself forward in even a small way is important, powerful, and worth celebrating.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥. - Epictetus
𝘈 𝘨𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? - Seneca
When people who have never experienced one moment of hardship are sitting in their billion dollar houses polishing their golf clubs and wearing thousand dollar suits and telling you that trying isn't enough ... they mean that you not working hard enough for THEM isn't making THEM enough money and they your success is ultimately THEIRS.
They don't give a shit about you or what your daily life is like or how you find strength to wake up every day just to be a slave so they can buy golf clubs.
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CELEBRATE every day of waking up and DECIDING to be here in this reality with everyone.
CELEBRATE every day of waking up and DECIDING to be positive for yourself and others.
CELEBRATE not giving up even when things are hard.
CELEBRATE deciding to try again and again and again and again to get where you want to get in your life.
CELEBRATE never losing your light.
Contrary to what Yoda said, trying requires determination and performing actions. Trying isn't passive.
TRYING IS DOING.
Never stop trying.
That alone is success.
@thewebrecluse 💜 thank you so much- for this and other threads. They are phrased in a way that calms and due to their length and content " activate " the rational part of my brain. Turning the use of energy away from chaotic thoughts and emotions. Today's in particular came as a great reminder- not to become devasted due to focusi g on results but to objectively focus ( and for Kaizen purposes) on the effort and intentions of my actions. And of course acceptance vs giving up.
@csforyou as you probably know my stoicism has guided me since I was a pre-teen and if there is anything I have always pushed it's the idea of acceptance. Realism is not pessimism and acceptance is not giving up. Living as a rational human being is more healthy than delusion and ignorance. Reason builds strength ❤️ I am glad if anything I share of my way of life is helpful to anyone. I am happy to know it's allow you to think of things in a different way. ❤️
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. — Phil Van Treuren
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵—𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧—𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭. - Marcus Aurelius
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