Sunday Thinking

"So many individuals are trying to change their lives by changing others, or they try to change their experience while they themselves remain the same."

The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.

"If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation."

― Lao Tzu, Philosopher

I. You vs. You

  • Learn from your past self.

  • Compete with your present self.

  • Set the bar for your future self.

"The only person you should be competing with is yourself. That's the only competition that matters." ― Steven Bartlett

II. Remember to Smile

Today remember to smile.

  • Smile because you have options. Smile because you have more chances.

  • Smile because you are loved. Smile because you are divinely supported.

  • Smile because you can embrace the possibilities of today. Smile because you are grateful.

  • Smile because your dreams are designed to become your reality. Smile because you are alive.

  • Smile just because you can.

Source: Commanding Life

III. 'Handle Hard Better'

Short-term easy is long-term hard. Short-term hard is long-term easy.

We'd rather do the easy thing than the hard thing. That's natural and normal. I call this the mountain. You can climb it, or you can avoid it, but it's not going away.

  • On any given day, we can avoid the climb. We can stand at the bottom, look up, and say, "I'll wait. Hopefully, the mountain isn't here tomorrow." But we all know the mountain is still there tomorrow. And instead of looking smaller, it's even larger.

The easy path today makes a hard path tomorrow. The hard path today makes an easier path tomorrow.

  • The choice is yours, but the mountain isn't going away. The longer you put off the hard thing you know you need to do, the harder it becomes to get started.

Source: Farnam Street

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V. Question

Do you have faith that you can become the person you know you can be?

VII. This Week, I Will

  1. Be kind.

  2. Bet on myself.

  3. Find ways to give back.

  4. Stay humble and hungry.

  5. Practice acceptance and compassion.

The Last Words…

"When we think we need to do what everyone else is doing, or say what everyone else is saying, or show up the way everyone else is showing up, we slowly lose sight of our own magic, our own gifts, our own unique presence. When we stop trying to be like everyone else and start practicing being who we are, the entire world benefits. Our presence becomes a gift in itself."

― Lisa Olivera, Already Enough

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