There are 8.2 billion people in this world.
Stop listening to those throwing grenades. Lady Gaga found a way through. You can too.
“”It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena…
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst…
if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
And in this hyper connected echo chamber of a world, we all have to be especially careful of the voices we let in.
The thoughts we allow to live rent free in our head.
And the opinions we choose to voice.
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
What thoughts are you letting in?
If you wouldn’t want parts of their life why would you give weight to their words.
There are a number of people who want what you (will) have. But have no desire to endure the journey. That pain will come in the form of reinventing yourself. As you do that, relationships that used to energize you will no longer have a place in your world.
With every click and like, you are feeding the echo chamber that shouts back at you.
You have limited time.
Find those that are cheering you on. That are enabling future you, and go forward with them!
