We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
JAY SHETTYCancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
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Saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.
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All things are temporary and that we can’t truly own or control anything.
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Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
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When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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Tracking 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
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We say things to ourselves that we would never say to people we love
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If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.
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You can’t be anything you want. But you can be everything you are.
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Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.
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Too often we love people who don’t love us, but we fail to return the love of others who do.
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It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.
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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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What’s on your news feed is feeding your mind.
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