None of us know exactly what will happen to us each day. Nobody is owed an explanation for why things happen, whether that’s a health issue, another person’s behavior, evil events, unclear circumstances, etc. Many people resist this “not knowing” by overthinking life’s situations, by attempting to control uncontrollable aspects of our lives, by simply being frustrated and/or experiencing negative emotions. The alternative is to develop your humility and embrace your “not knowing”.
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How to Eliminate ALL Fears
Like most things in life, if you defeat the GREATEST of something – then your confidence for all “things” below that is sky high and becomes much greater than any previous fears you had. For example, if a boxer defeats the GOAT, then the fears they had vs. all the other boxers simply goes away. If you have fear of illness, but then suddenly get cancer and then defeat that, well that little cold or covid or flu you were fearful of getting previously doesn’t seem so bad after-all. There’s a couple messages here …
Continue readingHow to Frame “Wanting More” In Life
There’s a positive “wanting more” mentality and a negative “wanting more” mentality. The negative one is always wanting more in life because you feel you “lack” something, or you need some external validation or thing to fulfill you. This one also is correlated with a lack of gratefulness for what you have, and this person doesn’t appreciate the little things, or the big things, they may have. They’ll never fully be able to enjoy the present moment.
Continue readingSeeing Adults as Babies
Many of the world’s issues, particularly poor mental health, would be corrected greatly if people took the same understanding approach most take towards babies and transferred that to adults. Meaning this – Most don’t get agitated when a baby throws food on the ground because babies are LEARNING. In their stage of development, they are not finished products.
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