4.1. Making Peace with Your Limits
Randy 2020-01-10T00:36:25+00:00Figure out how to make a difference now, within your life as it actually exists.
Figure out how to make a difference now, within your life as it actually exists.
The centrality of competition to our social systems explains a lot of the stress we feel.
Thinking in terms of inconveniences, burdens, and hardships is a helpful tool.
Everybody wants to be happy…but even the happiness industry is doing it wrong.
Having healthy habits is an act of resistance against all the companies that want to make money off of making you ill.
These epidemics are social problems. The turmoil in us is a reflection of the turmoil in our society.
The concept of a “victim mentality” is abusive when it becomes an excuse to blame victims.
The day you have the courage to get help will be the most important day of your life.
Pushing people to their breaking point is central to how our society is set up.
Don’t be fooled by bogus arguments that pretend everybody “deserves” their lot in life.
It’s not just about our feelings. It’s also about a social performance.
We live in a society that can’t simply let people be who they are, and give what they can give.
It’s not a stretch to say that just about everything we do in our lives is aimed at minimizing as many of our discomforts as we can.
The key to living a happy, healthy life really boils down to two things: awareness and balance.
Show people that they don’t have to give up their own personal health and well-being, in order to do some good in the world.
Don’t let your own personal challenges, obstacles, and struggles get in the way of giving what you have to give to the rest of the world.
OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS AREN’T
GOING TO SOLVE THEMSELVES
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