When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
JAY SHETTYWhen the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change
JAY SHETTYHigher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
JAY SHETTYYour dharma has to fill a need in the world
JAY SHETTYCriticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
JAY SHETTYTracking my fear of exam results and the other branch fears that appeared led me to the root: fearing I couldn’t make my parents happy
JAY SHETTYA monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
JAY SHETTYDo not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
JAY SHETTYToo often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
JAY SHETTYWe don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people
JAY SHETTYYou can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
JAY SHETTYWe are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
JAY SHETTYLocation has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.
JAY SHETTYFinally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
JAY SHETTYWe can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
JAY SHETTYIt is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
JAY SHETTYWhatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.
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