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by winston » Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:08 am
We spend our whole lives living with ourselves; it is the longest and most intimate of all our relationships. So isn’t it obvious that we should be loving ourselves?
by winston » Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:31 am
by winston » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:10 am
Herbert N. Casson wrote Getting Over Difficulties in 1928
“Write on a piece of paper all the things you are worrying about.
"Then, when the whole dark list of your troubles is on paper, take your pencil and strike out those that do not matter -- and see how few there are left.”
Casson on Worrying
“There are three degrees of worrying. Worrying over serious difficulties, worrying over trifles and worrying over the future.
The first is excusable. We are all guilty of it at times. But there is no excuse for number 2 and 3. No one should worry over trifles or over things that have not yet happened.”
Decision instead of Delay’ tackles a problem many of us wrestle with today: procrastination.
“Delay has become a national weakness. It is caused by timidity, lack of accurate knowledge and weakness of will.
Delay! What it’s costing us at the moment will never be known. Hundreds of people postpone improvements in their business and life.
If you wait until the dark clouds are all turned inside out, you will wait too long. Decide what to do, and do it. Don’t mark time. Don’t dig yourself in. Now is the best time to move forward. After all, nothing counts but ACTION."
Fears and Regrets:
“These are the ghosts of the brain. They will haunt a man until he has no will power and no courage. They rob him of his sleep and his health and his peace of mind. They grow stronger if they are not resisted.
Fears are caused by the misuse of imagination. Regrets are caused by a misuse of memory.
Life is too short and too busy for fears and regrets. You have no time to lose worrying over what has happened or what may happen.
The present is worth more to you than all the past and future put together. There is no enemy in the world who can harm you as much as your own fears.
Act. Do something. Be positive. Fears and regrets fly from an active mind as darkness flies from the sunlight."
by winston » Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:47 am
by winston » Fri Nov 04, 2016 5:38 pm
Average folks are better at accepting the real world at face value.
Try spending a quarter million dollars on a PhD program and then devoting your career to telling people that you can’t predict the economy, or that they should just buy index funds. It must be hard.
You worked hard and spent a fortune learning something complex, and you want to use what you were taught.
by winston » Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:47 am
by winston » Thu Nov 24, 2016 10:23 am
All unhappiness is caused by denial of the present. We think problems are caused by our situations in life, but attachment to the past and future and denial of the now is the real problem. Ultimately then, there is only one problem in life – not living in the now.
Ask yourself, "Am I activating what I want in this moment or am I focusing on something that doesn’t allow me to have what I want?"
Waiting is a state of mind. Basically it means you want the future. You don’t want the present. There is an inner conflict between your here and now, when you don't want to be here and a projected future is where you want to be.
Have your dwelling place in the NOW and pay brief visits to your past and future when required.
Always say “yes” to the present moment. Surrender to what is and see how life suddenly starts working for you instead against you.
The trick is to find, in the present moment, the things that would bring us the most excitement, and then do whatever we can to follow that excitement, even in the smallest way.
This causes a chain reaction that brings us more opportunities to do what we love to do.
The greatest obstacle to happiness is not living in the present moment and not following your joy. The solution is to do just the opposite.
If you find yourself focusing on the past or the future, remind yourself that the present moment is all there is, and then surrender to what is and see how life suddenly starts working for you.
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