Rise Again From The Struggle

Spend today being in the moment. Prep your body, mind, and soul. Compete in the thing. Do what today, this moment, has prepared for you. Tomorrow can worry about itself. Plan for the future live in the now.

I don't know about you, but I frequently think in the moment I'm doing worse than I really am. Now, I also know I have this tendency, so I do my best to ignore it and keep pushing. But hindsight certainly helps when I'm done 😂

If you have to ask me this, you already know the answer. Nobody is required to listen to my takes on life. I'll keep putting my thoughts out there either way 🤷‍♂️😂

When you get your news from headlines, you're getting the authors opinion and emotion catching penmanship.

You always have a choice. You don't always like the consequences for both. There's a difference.

People seeking your guidance can improve you as much as those you seek guidance from. Keep those people in your company. Iron sharpens iron.

We don't need to agree with each other to understand why the other person thinks the way they do. It's rarely your role to convince them anyway. Most of the time the conversation was simply to discuss different points of view and not to convert them. But the need to be right often supersedes the ability to hear.

Put off your decision making until your emotions are not peaking. Then all you need to do is follow your own decisions that were made before you were in your feelings. Don't over complicate things.

One level up. That's all you need to pass along what you've learned. Sometimes, those are the best lessons, too, since they are closest to where that person is starting. I'm no expert in Muai Thai or sparring, but I was able to help a couple people who never did it before and they made changes for our next round. I also asked questions of and listened to those with me skill than me to grow in areas I felt less comfortable in. No egos. Just a willingness to grow together.

Being competitive and being able to be happy for someone that bested you aren't mutually exclusive. That doesn't mean you can't work to change the outcome next time or see your mistakes to improve. It just means that your ego isn't so big that you can recognize others have skills as well, and you can acknowledge that and still be a competitor.

Poor is more of a mindset. Yes, I get it. Not having money sucks. I've been there, too. What's worse is constantly needing more things to try and satisfy something missing from your heart and soul.

People who truly care about you are willing to tell you things that you don't want to hear. If they cheer you on even when you're the problem, they are there for your demise, not your rise.

Sure, being in charge of others is nice and can make you feel powerful if that's your thing. But when you learn to control your own mind on any situation, nothing can compete with that.

You can get really good at anything if you put the time in. But that also means you can get stronger and better at all the lies. Be careful what you put effort into.

You don't have to have an opinion about everything. Some things can just be left alone.

Push yourself and get better today. I had coaches words in my head today when I wanted to take a break. But that wouldn't have built my engine quite as much as getting to work while I was already tired. Thanks for the encouragement, coach!

This isn't just about parents. Although it applies to that, it applies equally to yourself. Do you really monitor and call out the things you consume that don't match your values? Or do you consume them without regard for how it's changing you and moving you away from the person you believe you are?

You will feel all the emotions. Just don't stop on the one that makes you afraid of everything.

This isn't meant to be hateful. I just wanted to bring to light the contradiction that is used to make someone feel good about their own systems of quick classifications. We all have them. The question is, can you quickly move from the possibility of the worst case to the reality of this specific case to have normal interactions or not?

I really liked this analogy. It made a lot of sense to me. Worrying keeps your mind busy, but keeps you frozen. Just like sitting in that rocker.

Some things are meant to disturb your peace so you can keep moving forward.

It's easy to go around telling everyone what their premenstrual is as you see it. But what are you doing to contribute to the solution?

We can only appreciate the good because of the bad. Embrace life. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

If you tell me I'm wrong while telling me there is a subjective truth, then you've already defeated your own belief system 🤣. If truth is subjective, then anything anyone says must be validated and stated to be true. Full stop. If not, then you do believe there is a singular truth, or at a minimum you just believe I'm just to stupid to form any number of possible truths? Either way, your belief system gets defeated immediately when you tell me I'm wrong 🤷‍♂️.To be clear, I don't think I'm always right nor do I believe I never see an event incorrectly. I also know that we can both be wrong. That way we can learn to discuss the facts while then addressing the feelings and opinions to solve the problem and avoid a recurring event because we never solved the truth first.

When these so called experts tell people they are always right by giving them phrases like "your truth," they have failed. People will fight to defend the truth. So telling them they can have their own reality and be right is not the way to solve real life problems.

This one is a little different, but I wanted to share this. What would your answer be and why?

Although this idea isn't unique, I liked the wording of it. When you don't update your habits, your results will follow your old patterns. Want different results? Make different choices.

Know when you are stuck in the learning phase when you need to be in blinders.

If you don't put in the work, do you really believe in it?

Before you finish that criticism of another, ask yourself what you can do better as well. It's not that others might not need direction, correction, or addressing, but don't forget that you aren't perfect either. Address those faults as well.

This is why you need to reevaluate your own rules regularly. They might be helping at first, then change to be holding you back.

Being honest, or hearing the truth, isn't always comfortable. But how else can we learn and grow?

People that constantly try to break you need to be removed from your life. If they live by a different value system and moral code, then it's likely you're not meant to be.

Growing wasn't meant to be comfortable. That's the point. To get used to being out of your comfort levels so you can continue to be better for yourself and those around you.

You have the ability to handle your life. Do you have too much pride and ego to move on though? Religion, philosophy and cultures throughout have said the same thing. It doesn't matter what you've gone through. It only matters how you respond and keep moving forward.

Seeking support outside yourself is the way to get through a mental or physical challenge. When you focus on the negative thoughts, they compound.

You don't control any outcomes. You control your choices and responses. What happens from there isn't in your control.

All these machines are nice, but they also come with a cost. We're built to move and "work" to grow and live. If the machine takes that role from you your body and soul don't understand why they aren't being used and developed still. So use the machines, that's fine. Just don't neglect your responsibility to your body, mind and soul.

It's easy to get caught up in the past and think it defines you. It doesn't. It only shows the choices you've made, not the ones you can make in the future. There's always a different path going forward.

I saw this in an article, and I wanted to agree. But I can't. This is basically telling people to follow their feelings. Because that hasn't caused nothing but trouble 🤦‍♂️😂. Focus on learning skills and seeing the value you're adding. Then build from there. Maybe you switch careers in different seasons of life. Maybe you stick to one thing for decades. It doesn't matter in the end if you are adding value, learning and growing as a person along the way.

It's not what you do or don't have that creates the life you think you want. It's the thoughts you put into those things. When you get tied to one specific outcome, you're setting yourself up for failure.

I want people around me that care more about who I can become than who I am today. That's why I invest in them. To push me past my own limits.

When you start something new, the actions and vocabulary are odd and uncomfortable. If you can stay on that long enough, which isn't actually that long when you look back, you can make big strides in a short amount of time. You just need to be intentional and be willing to receive corrections along the way.

Sometimes you need to get out wrong to get it right 🤷‍♂️. It's true, though. Getting your mind off the thought you are stuck on helps your subconscious search for the real answer without your conscious mind getting in the way.

How much time are you wasting being ungrateful for the life you have? How much time are you wasting complaining that you think others have it better because they have more money or things? Live the life you have and don't worry about what you don't have. Be grateful for what you do have, no matter how small that may seem.

If there's a will, there's a way! Mostly, at least. The only thing you can be sure of is that when you don't even try, it's not going to happen.

When all seems to be going wrong, what's that one thing you can focus on to keep working your way back?

We like to make things harder than they are. That way if we do actually try and aren't great right away, we have the built in excuse. Instead, just be curious and enjoy the process of learning.

Basic needs to stay alive are food, water and shelter. You can cut out all the other entertainment stuff and still be fine. But then you would "feel" like you're behind. You see your feelings get in the way more than they help...

And the truth shall set you free! Am uncomfortable reality is way easier to handle than a nice lie in the end. The thing still exists and the longer you delay, the harder it gets to deal with.