This is advice that is so simple there is no surprise more don’t follow it.
Year: 2019
In reality, getting past real or perceived wrongs is not a matter of short term memory. It is just a matter of not getting sucked into dwelling on the past situation.
Congratulations on hitting a milestone or earning a win. You deserve to take a moment to pause and enjoy it. But only a quick moment, because you’ve got plenty of work to do to before you hit the next milestone or earn the next win.
The work you love exists, but it still requires you to do ‘work.’
The classic statement from Luke 12:48 gets lorded over people for various reasons. But there is a fundamental truth that many fail to understand as they try to live a life of neutrality. There is a real impact of winning or losing the birth lottery.
Working to feel better about yourself is not the same as working to feel less bad about yourself. Both goals have a purpose, but they are not moving in the same direction for your life.
When eventually challenged, you will either prove to be a fake, or you prove yourself to be an expert. You should be working toward the latter.
If someone isn’t living up to your perceived level of their standard, but they are not a burden to anyone, why do you have a problem? If someone else isn’t happy with you not living up to their perceived level of standard for you, and you are not a burden to anyone, why should you care if they have a problem?
This episode is not about setting blame, but it is about facing reality. If you have the power to change your bad situation, yet fear the change that must be made in the process, then you maintaining your bad situation ‘as is’ is your fault.
Never try to excuse your faults as ‘keeping it real.’