Peace of mind comes not from listening to just your heart alone, but from listening to a heart that is in alignment with the mind.
Taxes too high? Perhaps, but only if the money is poorly spent. If the money is poorly spent, kick out the people who don’t spend it well before lowering the taxes. There is obvious need and if spending benefits the community at large, it benefits the individual.
Think. Moderate. Steadfast. Fair. 2 ears, 1 mouth. Goodness over greatness.
Dare to think differently. Not just from others, but from yourself.
That which can happen will. Maybe to you. Maybe not. Prepare your mind always.
There is always someone wiser. Always someone to learn from. Always something to glean from life.
Just because you can never know it all doesn’t mean you should cease to strive to learn more.
Is it wise to wish our arrive for things outside your control? Then don’t strive for such things. If all you ask and strive for is within your control, what will there to be unhappy with?
If you had the choice, would you give them a map to elude an obstacle, or them how to dismantle it?
Dorothy says there’s no place like home. What do I want that to mean for my family? Safety. Gratitude. Unconditional love. If I do it right, there is no place for them like my home.
Be careful, when you look back, you see now too late.
Expect it. It has happened before. To someone, somewhere. You are not special. You are not targeted. The universe doesn’t know or care about you. It just is. What happens will happen because it has to. Accept it. Deal with it. Don’t allow it to harm your character. Be who you aim to be. Always, not just when it is easy, but especially when it is difficult. Practice. Practice. Practice. Be ready. Be vigilant.
Stop complaining. Nothing today has surprised you. If you were ill prepared, that fault lies with you alone. Own it. Do better. Move on.
If there is something you really want to do, make it happen as soon as you are able. Don’t talk about it. Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Create the good-enough moment and do it then.
On Minding the Business:
- I worry about Christine’s choices; especially when she recently said that the doesn’t want to be judged by other people when she weighs more than she wants to.
- I am equally impacted by choices that others make at work. Somehow, though, I don’t worry about them. I know that I can’t influence them. I tried for too long without success. I have modeled how to be too no avail. No, it is best to just adapt rather than try to change other people.
- I can usually listen to other people’s drama without my own emotional engagement. Drama is almost always overblown, an exaggeration. It is unfiltered reaction. It is a response that hasn’t yet achieved full maturity. Drama is almost always less dramatic with the passage of time.
- I’ve compared my journey to others and felt worse about it when I feel that I’ve underachieved or could be more. And of course I am who I was supposed to be. I am who I am supposed to be. I’ll be who I’m supposed to be. I’ll strive when I am supposed to. I’ll fall when I’m intended to. It was going to happen. Learn to live with it all.
- Don’t think about him stop. There are probably people who think you’ve achieved things you haven’t deserved too. Perhaps they too are right. Still, only one thing is deserved or fully earned: peace of mind.
- Fortunately, I already mind my business more than most. I perseverate on it. I tend to my own affairs and let others tend to theirs.
- This past month at work had been more challenging; I am forced to work more collaboratively and the failing of others has put me and my staff at unnecessary and avoidable risk. I know I can exercise (limited) control of many things, but prefer to remain narrow in focus. Not this month. Soon, I can return to a preferred role, though. Until then: think, restrain, steadfast and fair.
- You needn’t an opinion about all things or all people. You shouldn’t. Are you expert. Have you studied extensively? No? Then don’t bother. Your opinion is no more worthy than anyone else’s.
- Empathy: being supportive, but also being able to set down the feelings/emotions after and walk away. Don’t allow other people’s affairs to weigh you down more than you allow your own.