Smile. Chin up. Be positive. Do your best.
Keep shining.
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Category: Gratitude
Assume Good Intentions
Eight billion people on the planet. I assume most have good intentions. They want to work, make some money, pay for their survival and enjoy a little.
That is why the world is pretty peaceful. Especially when compared to thousands of years of history.
There will be people with bad intentions, of course. They will be like that for a short period (revenge, retribution, immediate survival), or, even fewer, will have evil intentions as their life-long philosophy.
Be mindful of those people and the moments others go briefly rogue. Generally though, most people are guided by good intentions.
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Care For Your Things
Appreciate and take care of your things. Look after them. Place them back where they belong so you can easily find them every time you need them.
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Enough
How much is enough? One car? 10? An all you can eat salad bar, sounds great, but is it more than enough?
How much is enough for you? Regarding anything. Stop and assess this now.
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Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
An oldie but a goodie. Once the thing has happened, it’s done. Accept and move on. You can’t undo a car accident. So as long as it is only a fender bender, we need to take these in our stride.
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Aim For Amazing
Complain less. Keep your mind focused on what amazing would look like. What do you want? Not what you will settle for.
This is hard for most people. People know what they don’t want or what they are fine with. But it often takes some serious inner work to figure out what you truly want. Not what you’re supposed to want, but really, actually want.
Stop complaining and focusing on past grievances. Bygones.
Keep your mind focused on the future and the amazing components of your amazing life. You get what you think about most of the time.
Think slim. Think wealthy. Think kindness.
There are lots of great things to think about. Think about those things and those things exclusively.
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Time Well Spent
Try to have as many of these moments as you can. If you can get up from an encounter with someone and feel that it was “time well spent” then you are winning!
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The Best Time to Be Alive. Ever.
What an incredible time to be alive. The basic living in most westernised countries is better than even kings and queens had prior to the 20th century.
Fresh water. Peace. Food variety and abundance. Smartphones and all they can do and access. Healthcare and the ability to cure and postpone death. Travel ease with cars, Ubers, airplanes and soon spaceships. Flushing toilets. Fridges and freezers.
Social mobility is easier than ever. The playing field is the most even it has ever been. It will never be perfect and sometimes you’re going to have speed bumps, but, oh my. This is soo much better than even the 18th century, never mind the sixth century and all of the others.
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Accountability
If you’re looking for someone or something to blame, start by looking in the mirror. You probably had something to do with it.
The sooner you can recognise that you often create the environment or situation that you’re complaining about, the sooner you can adjust your behaviour or attitude and improve the whole situation.
No need to act like an entitled, perfect, victim. You do things that irritate people and situations. Own up to it and make some basic adjustments.
Everyone can breathe easier after this and they will all get along much better going forward.
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Surprise Goodness
Who doesn’t like a little surprise that is good? It is awesome. A parking spot close to the door. Drinks on the house. A lottery win.
From small and more frequent to large and rare, it is always so nice to receive some goodness, especially when it’s a surprise.
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