Brendan Morgan
@brendanm
Brendan Morgan
A takeaway here is that few things matter more with money than understanding your own time horizon and not being persuaded by the actions and behaviors of people playing different games than you are.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
When God seems silent and our prayers go unanswered, the overwhelming temptation is to leave the story—to walk out of the desert and attempt to create a normal life. But when we persist in a spiritual vacuum, when we hang in there during ambiguity, we get to know God. In fact, that is how intimacy grows in all close relationships.
David Powlison • A Praying Life
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not
My entire life changed when I realized one truth:
You have to sacrifice short-term freedom in order to earn long-term freedom.
The things that make you feel happy in the present are often at odds with the things that make you feel happy in the future.
Acting on short-term freedom—choosing to do the things that create instant happiness—may actually
... See more"Are you paralysed with fear? That's a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.” - Steven Pressfield (The War of Art)
A traveler approached three stonecutters working on a construction site and asked each of them what they were doing.
The first stonecutter said, "I am cutting stone."
The second stonecutter replied, “I am building a wall.”
But the third stonecutter smiled proudly, “I am building a cathedral.”
"Each day, spend some time on two things:
working toward something that will pay off years from now
appreciating something that is happening right now"
-James Clear
“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live... See more
