Tag: Thoughts

Have you ever talked with someone who justifies their failure with, “I might have failed, but I learned so much.”  What exactly is it, though, that they claim to have learned? In my opinion, if failure can’t be translated into future success (or at least comprehensively articulated into why an attempt didn’t work, so strategy…

In the past, I’ve tried to bury my head in the sand, denying the need to acknowledge the burdens of life—eating right, paying attention to detail, using critical thinking, focusing on my objectives (being disciplined, in other words)—but it’s always come back to bite me in the ass. But when I proactively venture forth and…

The failures I’ve endured, the people who’ve inspired me…they all serve as ever-constant angels.  Angels that urge me to maintain a standard when no one is looking.  My failures push me to act in a manner where—if I was facing the same problem—I’d be worthy of success, and my inspirations push me to act in…

We’re all blazes of wondrous potential.  If we fan our beings with discipline and audacity, we will shine all the brighter for it, and enliven reality for those around us. Or we can gutter and die, muffled by the deadly obscurity of procrastination.

When it comes to writing, in order to evoke the resonance of truth, it helps to understand that light and dark (or good and bad) are simply reference points.  They’re not evil and they’re not holy.  They’re impartial tools you can use to highlight an indescribable transcendence through whatever arrangement of [colors/words/notes] you’ve put together.

I used to believe in delaying gratification until I’d solved a certain amount of “problems,” and that upon doing so, I’d reach financial freedom/enlightenment/flow state/whatever.  Then I saw people who, despite their lack of “problems,” were still miserable.  I realized there’s no reason to delay gratification, and that having a “problem” to solve is actually…

In the midst of any great endeavor, being humble enough to suck is part and parcel of being daring enough to win.

When I successfully wage war against that treacherous piece of myself—the one that schemes against my better nature—I experience a clarity that allows me to harmonize with the outer world, along with an unimaginably deep sense of peace.  I think it’s because I’ve won the fight that truly matters, and I’m reaping the rewards of…

From what I’ve seen, (s)he who consistently disciplines their inner monstrosity is usually an asset, and also possesses the highest capacity for good. Conversely, those who refuse to acknowledge (and reign in) their inner monstrosity seem to tend toward ineptness, and in the worst cases, unchecked evil.