What insights have I gained that I am grateful for? - Part II

 What insights have I gained that I am grateful for? - Part II

We can make better choices: Everything around us was the product of human(s) thinking and decision making. Choices. Our current reality is the product of other's choices. Our future is the product of the choices we make today. Oppression, hate, crime, killing - it's the product of our choices. Inclusion, love, building things that matter, making the world more equitable and just - it's the product of our choices. The choice is ours.

We are more powerful than we could ever imagine: We don't actually know our capacity. There is always room for improvement. It's a never ending process - we identify an area to grow in, we set a goal, we find mentors/resources, we learn, we achieve the goal. We realize we have another area to grow in. The process never ends. There is no mountain top. If you get 1% better everyday, in six months you will be 6 times better than when you started.

Social status is meaningless: If we are really lucky we get 80 years on this planet to figure out who we are and make an impact to the best of our ability. When it's over our bodies will be burned into ash or in a wood box in the ground. Ultimately your title does not matter. There is a small list of things that matter: how you treated those around you, what choices you made, how you used your life as a vehicle to make positive change. The rest is just noise.

Stress is not necessary: Some stress is positive, like the kind of stress that makes you focus harder and do a better job on your presentation. Most stress is negative, intolerable and toxic. The load of this stress overloads the systems of your body and begins to cause cells to breakdown. This kind of stress kills. Literally. Stress manifests physically in our body and shaves years, even decades off of our life. Better to work at being present then to spend the present stressed and therefore making your life shorter.

Health is the biggest component of wealth: When we think wealth we think money. And the things money can buy. Houses. Cars. Boats. And then we grind ourselves into the ground living a life to acquire this stuff that will make us "wealthy." By all means, working hard and having a high standard of living are admirable accomplishments. But when we get out of balance and begin to work in a way that destroys our health we've lost track of what really matters.
















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