keep it real

I am reading a fabulous book. It is called the Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander.
There is a chapter in it about Remember Rule #6.

Rule #6 means “don’t take yourself so g__damn seriously.”

There aren’t any other rules.

I found a notebook I had from last year. This list was in the notebook. I copied it from somewhere at some point because I thought it was cool, but now I don’t remember where it came from. It’s pretty cool though.

1. 99% of problems are caused by fear and avoidance.
2. Reality is not optional.
3. Self esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.
4. The fantasy of “freedom without responsibility” is just that, imagined by those who are incapable of maturity and self-discipline.
5. Good intentions without follow through are as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
6. The pain is inevitable; the suffering is optional.
7. Everything worth having is hard to get.
8. You get what you focus on.

People choose everything that happens to them, whether they know it or not-
either through their choices and all the choices that led to them, or through the choice of not choosing.

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