Part 3 of 3: Live the middle way. From the middle, you can see the light in every dark situation. From the middle, you can see the connection between dark and light because from the middle, you can see everything, dark, light, and all the shades in-between. If you can see the light when you're in darkness, even a glimmer, then you can be grateful in your darkest moments.In fact, the more you practice being in the middle, you'll be able to expand your gratitude practice because you can always see the good (light) in all your bad (dark) situations. This is definitely a super power to have! Here are my 10 examples of how suffering can expand your gratitude...
Focus on what you can control! Don't let your anxiety control you.As soon as you wake up, express your gratitude for all the good things in your life and do a 5 to 10-minute meditation if you have time. Freshen up, listen to uplifting music, and have a nice breakfast. Avoid your phone and computer until you're charged up with positive energy because there may be messages and emails in your devices that will raise your cortisol and stress you out before you even had a chance to mentally prepare yourself for your day. It's like preparing yourself for a match in sports, you want to be mentally ready! Then when you address your challenges for the day, attack the...
Part 2 of 3: Live the middle way. From the middle, you can see the light in every dark situation.From the middle, you can see the connection between dark and light because from the middle, you can see everything, dark, light, and all the shades in-between. Darkness won't consume you because you've trained yourself to see the light, even if it's only a speck, which will make you appreciative of your life in your darkest moments. Nor will you be blinded by light and overlook the darkness hidden beneath it all so you'll be ready for any negativity that could emerge. In Part 1, we talked about how we humans are prone to judging others. We can also be very...
Part 1 of 3: Live the middle way. From the middle, you can see the light in every dark situation. đ Live the middle way. From the middle, you can see the connection between dark and light because from the middle, you can see everything, dark, light, and all the shades in-between. If you can see the light when you're in darkness, even a glimmer of light, then you can be grateful in your darkest moments. đ We humans are prone to judging others and our experiences. We label people and our experiences as either bad (dark) or good (light). From the middle, you don't jump to a conclusion that someone is either dark or light, bad or good. From the middle, you don't jump to a...
The only way to know whether you'll attain your greatest dream that's very difficult to get is by working at it for a very long time and confronting the negativity that comes with the process.What you want has a high chance of failure, enough to make you very uncomfortable. The process will cost you money and stress on your mental and physical health. It'll require at least 7 years of hard work, meaning thousands and thousands of hours of sweat, both mentally and physically. You'll live on only what you need, spend less time with friends, face negative events and people, and go in and out of darkness facing your demons. Remember, you're expected to fail after all of this....
