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Sunday Thinking ― 5.4.25
"Everything in this world is temporary. Life changes. People come and go—and seasons never last. Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination."
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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.
"Choose to get up every single day and bless your day. And you say I have no idea what’s going to be in my day but it is blessed, why? Because I am alive. And don’t base your gratitude for your life on what you have but just because you are. And then hold in your heart this: This day of my life will never come again. I will never see the people I am looking at again. I will never see this sunrise again and I will never see that sunset. I will never see the person having breakfast with me again. Just this way. You know, nothing in my life like this will ever come again. That alone, that choice alone should take out of your heart every bitter taste there is. That it should shape the life around you with such grace and such beauty. That will make you only want to see the present with great gratitude."
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I. You Change You
Beware of the self-improvement trap. The trap is consumption.
Reading. Listening. Watching. Highlighting. It's dopamine, not discipline. Entertainment, not learning.
It feels productive but it changes nothing.
Growth isn't something you consume. It's something you do.
No book, no podcast, no course will change your life if you keep avoiding the work. Change comes from maniacal action. From doing the uncomfortable.
From living what you already know, not chasing what you don't. Information doesn't change you. You change you.
Source: Jude Fredman, Entrepreneur, Creator, Coach
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II. Release What You Can’t Control
The fastest way to take control of your life is to stop controlling everyone around you.
You have no idea how much time and energy and attention you are wasting trying to control other people.
You have no idea how much energy you are burning through, thinking about, worrying about, obsessing about what other people are doing, what they're not doing, what they're feeling, all of which you have zero control over.
Source: Mel Robbins, The Let Them Theory
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III. Get Out of Your Own Way
You’re incredible, but you need to get out of your own way.
Don’t be afraid of your gift. Don’t hate on yourself.
Don’t be afraid of the power and the gift that you’re going to give to people.
Don’t speak negatively about yourself. Don’t be your own worst enemy.
It’s about just having the courage and knowing who you are. This is a gift. Have the courage. Do it. Just do it.
Source: Mary J. Blige, Grammy-winning artist
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IV. Question
What story about myself am I ready to stop telling?
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V. This Week, I Will
Listen for the answers that come in silence, not noise.
Resist the urge to chase more information and start living what I already know.
Notice when fear is steering my decisions—and choose courage instead.
Release the pattern of settling for “almost” and take one bold step toward what I truly want.
Let go of trying to control what’s outside of me and reclaim my energy for what I can influence.
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The Last Words…
"One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice―though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" Each voice cried. But you didn't stop. You knew what you had to do, though the wind pried with its stiff fingers at the very foundations, though their melancholy was terrible. It was already late enough, and a wild night, and the road full of fallen branches and stones. But little by little, as you left their voice behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world, determined to do the only thing you could do―determined to save the only life that you could save."
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