Wow this is perfectly said!! I’m right there with you

The story we tell about ourselves is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Having negative inner dialogue or self-talk definitely hurts

Thanks for sharing 😄

Yeah youre definitely right about that! That’s junk food to the extreme

Happy it clicked with you!

Thanks for letting me know 😄

Our minds are everything.

Thoughts and feelings turn into actions. Actions make up our life. That's why most great people famously protect their minds like soldiers.

“Most good gardeners guard their gardens like proud soldiers and make certain that no contamination ever enters. Yet look at the toxic waste that people put into the fertile garden of their minds every single day: The worries and anxieties, the fretting about the past, the brooding over the future, and those self-created fears that wreak havoc within your inner world.”

We can’t afford the luxury of negative thoughts.

Ouu that’s a good one

Going to linger in my head for sure as I try to compare it to my life

Thanks for sharing 😄

You’re definitely right about that! Well said

Sports is the easiest analogy. We can all show up to practice when the coach tells us to. But there are people who workout before practice, go to practice, and do drills after practice.

Or an entrepreneur example. When the customers are flowing it’s easy to put the work in. But success will be driven by the work done during the down periods.

This isn’t to say we need to give pro level education to everything we do.

I’ve played in a men’s basketball league and I was just fine being an amateur! You won’t see me giving the sport serious dedication.

We’ve all got things we’re serious about and things we take lightly.

One of my favorite quotes! Glad it hit you 😄

Omg I can imagine that constantly falling down infront if so many people is a crushing feeling, but glad that there’s a positive community of skiers to encourage the rookies 😄

Wow so happy this post could connect with you!!

Good luck with everything 🙌

Thank you! I hope it resonated with you 😄

Glad you think so! 😄

Edit: Just noticed your username says probably a noob 😂 very appropriate for this post

I love phrases like this! Nothing fancy to it; no need to overcomplicate the message

A simple and powerful message

Thanks for sharing that!

Haha love that it clicked with you!!

I am all about standing on the shoulders of giants 🙌

Wow I’m so happy it clicked the way I hoped it would!

Thanks for letting me know too—the kind words mean a lot 😄

Glad it resonated with you!! 😄

This is a great quote on a similar note

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" - Anais Nin

The more we put ourselves our there the more potential there is to have a remarkable life.

Glad it clicked with you!! 😄

Wow that is great! I can definitely relate to those urges and tendencies

Thanks for sharing that

I’m sorry to hear that! I’m glad you can recognize the positives though, that’s inspiring to read

Thanks for sharing that😄

Hmmm okay I see the question is mainly about what not to run from. What is the abstract idea of “life” that I propose were running from

My answer to that is the present. And that can be present desires, present thoughts, present feelings, etc.

A tangible example is something common I hear about a lot—someone really wants to start a YouTube channel but is absolutely full of fear about it. They may escape this desire by making themselves busy. They could start a new house project and then say “It sucks I just don’t have the time to get started on this YouTube channel”

Or I know I’ve personally been guilty of convincing myself that work is actually busier than it seems, so I don’t have the energy to start a new project that I find daunting

Hope that example makes sense 😅

Haha you asked where are you going with that but that was a quality spew

Think you’re dead on

It’s definitely an attention war right now. That’s a huge commodity right now

Great sentiment at the end—thanks for sharing 😄

I definitely get your point, there’s alot of abstract here so it’s confusing to find something practical to apply

The mental escape part in my perspective is being stuck in the past or obsessing about the future aka not being present

Sometimes I’d fall into a pattern of “I’ll be happy once I get this.” Like when I graduate university then I can enjoy myself. Then it was when I get a full time job then I can enjoy myself. Then it was when I get a raise/promotion then I’ll truly be satisfied. That’s one escape. I wrote off the present and just made life about the future. The anxiety over stability and comfort made me keep moving the goal post.

Or being lost in the past. I’d glorify the past and not bother trying to make the present great because it just won’t reach the level of satisfaction the past had.

I hope these examples offer some more clarity!

Also I’m right there with on introspection. I think a alot of people coukd benefit from that reflection and “analysis” of the self

Thanks for sharing!! 😄

I like to think about this quote too when it comes to this:

“All of humanity's problems stem from mans inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”—Blaise Pascal

Wow this is great encouraging advice!

Thank you so much for sharing; hope others see it too 😄