Mindset
by sari and · updated 3mo ago
Mindset
sari added 2y ago
Choosing Peace - The Mental Toughness Coach - Chris Dorris
Supritha S added 10mo ago
"You can choose peace in every moment of your life. We have been taught to believe that when we don’t get what we want, or things aren’t unfolding as we had thought they should, that’s bad and thus we should feel badly. This struggling against what is, this inability or unwillingness to love what is, is the source of all of our suffering and it is entirely our own creation. With practice, we can become as masterful at choosing peace as we have become at choosing anything else."- “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
― Ellen Johnson Sirleaffrom quotes – Page 10 – swissmiss by Tina Roth Eisenberg
sari added 1y ago
If you haven’t stepped out of your comfort zone in a while, it might be time to try. Experiencing the unfamiliar allows us to practice being agile, because we’re not always able to default to our usual cognitive response patterns in new contexts.Supritha S added 10mo ago
- “Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”
Supritha S added 10mo ago
sari added 1y ago
- Believing we’re separate, we seek control to remain safe. Releasing that belief, we discover our safety always lies in cooperation.
Supritha S added 10mo ago
andrea added 5mo ago
- Most people – maybe more than you think – are peace- and love-seeking creatures who are sometimes caught in bad situations. The most practical thing you can do, even in hard times, is to lead with curiosity, lead with respect, work hard to understand the people you might be taught to detest.
“That means seeing people with generous eyes, offering tr... See moreandrea added 8mo ago
Opinion | Stop Resisting Change
Supritha S added 10mo ago
"To thrive in our lifetimes — and not just survive — we need to transform our relationship with change, leaving behind rigidity and resistance in favor of a new nimbleness, a means of viewing more of what life throws at us as something to participate in, rather than fight. We are always shaping and being shaped by change, often at the very same time."
