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When we bluff our way through life, pretending to be who we are not, we end up looking worse than we truly are.

Jay Shetty

Monks understand that routine frees your mind, but the biggest threat to that freedom is monotony. People complain about their poor memories, but I’ve heard it said that we don’t have a retention problem, we have an attention problem.
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Attention Boredom Complaint Freedom Memories Mindset People Poor Problem Understand
Sometimes we can trace our fears through the actions we take, and sometimes it’s the actions we’re reluctant to take
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Action Deep Fear Ourselves Wisdom
Pride is the cause of the most damaging fall for the soul.
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Damage Destruction Fall Philosophy Pride Soul
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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Feeling Freedom Need Reality Talk
Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.
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Charity Meaning Politics Yourself
Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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Choice Ego Ignorance Personal Story Time Yourself
We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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Death Fear Ourselves Parents Stop Time
Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.
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Blame Character Humble Right Wrong
A monk mind practices detachment. We realize that everything—from our houses to our families—is borrowed.
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Deep Detachment Family Home Mindset Ourselves Practice Wisdom
We think that success equals happiness, but this idea is an illusion.
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Deep Equality Happiness Ideas Illusion Philosophy Success Thinking
If you follow your bliss, he said, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else
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Happiness Inspirational Open Yourself
But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.
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Best Goodness Ourselves See Start
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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Acceptance Feeling Goodness Gratitude Live Nature Ourselves Temporary Time
We 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
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Deep Gift Limitation Myself People Responsibility Space Thinking
Treat yourself with the same love and respect you want to show to others.
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Love Respect Self Love Treat Yourself
Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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Calm Energy Enthusiasm Focus Myself Night Production Relax Sleep

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