on not living a paper-thin life
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on not living a paper-thin life
On our run I tell J: the unhealthy version of myself used to abandon things just because they got painful or inconvenient. The healthy part of me finds joyfulness in persisting in something for a very long time. In hindsight it sounds really obvious but it genuinely eluded me for a really long time: the mark of overall healthiness in spirit is bein... See more
Nix 🕊 • what's a good commitment?
Not money.
Not intelligence.
Not access.
Conviction.
I’ve met a lot of people who are very intelligent and have an awesome (in the literal sense) arsenal of skills and advantages at their disposal.
But that doesn’t make them dangerous, because they usually don’t know where to go with all of this. (In fact,
John Koenig • Edward Lando
There’s a difference between knowing and knowing. Knowing is a cognitive function, an act of having a piece of information. Knowing is acting upon that information with conviction that this is the only way to go.
We know something is not good for us. But until we know, we won’t do anything about it.
which he is unshakably committed to.
Paul David Tripp • What Did You Expect?
It means standing by what you believe in (you do not, however, have to convince others to believe in it), and acting in a way that reflects your values.