Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.
Author | Photographer | CG Artist | Filmmaker
The current state of the world is a notable reminder of how quickly life as we know it can change.
It is also an important reminder of how quickly our actions can change the lives of others.
Be sure to appreciate & support those you can & communicate with those you love.
Reminder:
Better to live with your eyes open and acknowledge what you can’t control — while directing your attention to what you can — than to pretend that the things you don’t wish to see don’t exist.
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A tsunami survivor is on the beach. They see the ocean recede into the distance and realize what it means.
So they start alerting people to what’s coming. But rather than listen, the people ask their friends what the water receding could mean. And their friends give them all kinds of answers. And many of them are reassuring.
“It’s a hoax.” “We haven’t had a tsunami for 100 years.” “I’m sure it will be fine.”
So they do very little when they could be doing a lot.
And then the tsunami comes.
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That anxiety you feel about the state of things — other people are feeling it, too.
You are not alone.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, remember to scale back your focus to the things that you actually have the power to control.
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We live in a world where an unfortunate number of people believe that if something isn’t affecting them directly, it doesn’t matter.
And so people who could avoid making a problem worse don’t take action because they must be personally inconvenienced by something before deciding to do anything about it. And by then, the consequences are worse than they would have been — sometimes catastrophically & irreversibly.
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While you may think the Corona Virus is overhyped — and remain unconcerned because you’re not at a high risk of dying from it — that doesn’t mean the people you could give it to who could die from it feel the same way. The people dying are part of someone’s family.
This “I don’t care if I get the #coronavirus” attitude is a lot like the “I’ve had a few drinks but I’m good to drive” or “I’m good at texting & driving.”
It’s not always about *you* — it’s about the people you put at risk by being irresponsible.
Allowing yourself to be the subject of a joke every now and then can show that you don’t take things too seriously. Allowing yourself to become the brunt of jokes regularly can show you don’t take things seriously enough.
Every time you allow someone to disrespect you — even if it’s “just a joke” — you give them permission to do it again.
If you want respect, it’s important to set boundaries.
Friendly ribbing between genuine friends can be a sign of trust and affection, but being frequently showcased as a joke to an audience — particularly people who don’t know you
that well — is something else.
When is enough enough? When people are laughing and you’re not one of them.
Excerpt from my book:
If you want to get on the path towards a better life, you must decide that taking steps down that path is more important than the things that are keeping you from it.
You must no longer allow yourself to be held back by a lack of discipline, a lack of resources, a lack of motivation, or a lack of initiative. And you must no longer allow yourself to be held back by fear.
People cling stubbornly to the lies that make them feel most comfortable.
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