“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is…The only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.”
-Dan Millman; The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
The next time you complain about how much you hate your life or your job or waking up or going to the gym…you should think about being stuck in a mine for 69 days. For more on this idea check out Victor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning.”
“Its never too late to be who you want to be. Theres no time limit, start whenever you want. You can stay or change the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or worst of it. See things you never saw, feel things you never felt, live a life your proud of. If your not then I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” -Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button
“I’ve had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven’t run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can’t outwork you, then smarts aren’t going to do them much good. That’s just the way it is. And if you believe that and live by it, you’d be suprised at how much fun you can have.”
-Woody Hayes
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