Resistance leads to suffering

“This should not have happened to me”, “It’s not fair”, “I don’t deserve this”.

Our resistance to what happened is the cause of suffering.  If we can get to a place of acceptance, where we see what happened and we allow it to be, without judgement or a fight, we can have peace and move forward.

There is a great little audiobook I recommend if you want to explore this more.  It’s called “Resist Nothing” by Kim Eng, with Eckhart Tolle.

Is there something that happened that you have a grievance about that is weighing on your life and making you heavy and restricting joy?

Resist Nothing.

The world breaks everyone.

Everyone.  You are not alone.  But if you accept what has happened and don’t resist it, learn from it, and keep going, you can recover – and so much more.  You may get broken again.  That’s ok.  Learn and pick yourself up, and keep going. 

There is a lot of love and beauty and good out there.  Stay open to it.  

Give a gift today – free

I’ve been writing two Think Daily messages a day since 2009.  We have an incredibly loyal community of subscribers who have been reading Think Daily every day for many years.  

Recently one subscriber made a comment that I was very gratified to get.  He said – 

“You have better information, ideas, suggestions, and advice than my paid mental well-being professional.  Thank you.”

It made me smile.  You guys know the variety of subjects we get into here.  Many like that they never know what is coming each day, but it is always related to living a meaningful, purposeful, happy life; sometimes by shedding what causes its opposite.

So here’s my ask.  Why don’t we lever all this by getting more people that you care about involved in this thinking?  You know and care about many many people.  Sure, some people are not into investing a bit of time each day into self-improvement, but let them opt-out if they want to.

Many have referred their spouses and children.  Some have said they talk about what was on Think Daily at the dinner table each night.  

Many have referred their friends and co-workers.  Why not?  It’s free and the gift keeps on giving and the effects are far-reaching.  So how many people can you refer?

Do you know the web address?  It’s ThinkDaily.com.

You can sign someone up yourself, but just tell them you did it so they don’t report it as spam.

If everyone referred one other person we’d double the subscriber base.  Some people won’t, which leaves the rest of us to refer multiple people.

I thank you for your help – and so will those you refer!

The Warrior in the Garden

“I’d rather be a warrior in the garden, than a gardener in the war”.

Physically, financially and emotionally….be prepared for battle; live for peace.

Character is Destiny

“Character is destiny” – Heroclitis

Your character will shape your life.

Lots of people are smart, but if they don’t have the character to back it up, they will have problems in their life.

People are attracted to others with good character – especially in the long term and with important decisions.

Work on your character.

Don't quit

Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize.

When it gets hard, don’t quit.

Notice the results you are getting, think, adjust your actions…but don’t quit.  

Getting older?

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old.  They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Are you still in pursuit?

Success does not equal happiness

Happiness equals success.  Because the point of being successful is to be happy.  

If you are truly happy by being the best version of you, then you are successful.

Test Positive to Ambition!

Ambition means you want something more and better than you do now.  You want to accomplish and achieve more.

If you are satisfied with what you have now, there’s no hope of you doing more or better.

What do you want that is better or more?  How bad do you want it?

Bad enough to act on it each day?

From the Inner..

Your outer world is a manifestation of your inner world. 

If you want to change the outer, you have to change the inner.

How are you doing that?

Be open to it, see and accept how it’s working now, accept responsibility, challenge your thinking, learn new things…