Tag: effort

• Make Peace With Imperfection

  Your best will not always be good enough for others.

  You will have to come to terms with this.

  There is only so much you can do.

  You only have so much to give.

  As long as you have given your all, make peace with your limitations.

  No one is perfect.

  Do not expect to be the first.

  Do not let the unrealistic expectations of others bring you down.

  You cannot please everyone.

  In fact, some people simply cannot be pleased.

  Do what you can and be the best version of yourself.

  Beyond that, what other people want from you is more their issue to resolve than yours.

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  August 1, 2023

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• Allowing Failure

  Let people make their own mistakes.

  Allow them to learn from their failures.

  You do not need to intervene in every situation.

  Your advice is not always wanted or even helpful.

  Everyone has to learn in their own way and in their own time.

  Failure is a powerful teacher.

  You cannot save other people from experiencing the pain and growth that will ultimately shape them into becoming who they are meant to be.

  Of course you should be helpful wherever and whenever possible, but it is delusional to believe that you can shield others from the suffering that is inevitable from living.

  Life is hard; be brave enough to make it less so when you can and wise enough to accept when you cannot.

  You are nobody’s savior, but you can be a companion, a friend, or even a guide through this beautiful and tragic existence.

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  July 21, 2023

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• Deliberate Stress

  Stress is not an inherently bad thing.

  In fact, stress is necessary for you to grow.

  In order to become smarter, stronger, and faster, your mind and body must be put through and recover from stress.

  Avoiding stress altogether, therefore, is a mistake.

  The right kind of stress is your friend and your ally.

  Stress without purpose, however, is a problem.

  Stress for stress’s sake is not helpful to you.

  It wears you down and uses up the physical and mental resources you need for other things.

  While unwanted stress cannot be avoided altogether, you should do your best to limit its impact on your life.

  Interestingly, the best way to make your mind and body more resilient against unavoidable, unwanted stress that breaks you down is through regular and deliberate exposure to and recovery from the kinds of stress that builds you up.

  Instead of avoiding stress, then, pursue it, but pursue the right kind of stress so that you will be able to handle unwanted stress when it inevitably comes your way.

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  July 11, 2023

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• Failure As Fuel

  Do your best.

  Quite often, you will fall short.

  Your best will not always be good enough.

  These shortcomings are valuable lessons.

  Your failures are there to teach you about your boundaries and limitations.

  More importantly, however, failure exists to make you question yourself, your dedication to your path, and your will to succeed.

  If failure makes you want to quit, maybe the path you are on is not the right one for you.

  If, on the other hand, failure makes you want to double down on your efforts, if it makes you want to regroup and to try harder, perhaps it was not a failure after all.

  If it energizes you and motivates you to do better, maybe failure is actually fuel.

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  June 5, 2023

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• Receiving The Gift Of Grace

  Grace will only take you so far; your feet have to take you the rest of the way.

  Grace is an often overlooked and under appreciated facet of life.

  You do not control it.

  Nor do you necessarily deserve it.

  It is a gift, given to you without any thought or effort on your part.

  Whether or not you acknowledge or appreciate it, grace is a real and powerful force acting upon you in your times of need

  Grace helps you face your difficulties, it makes the obstacles in your path feel less unsurmountable, and it makes the impossible seem possible.

  But grace cannot do the work for you; it simply makes the work easier.

  You must dedicate yourself to the path, you put in the effort, and you must follow through, for this is how grace is truly received.

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  June 1, 2023

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