A mental trick I use to make myself anti-fragile.

I believe very deeply that I chose this life. My life.

It was not a random accident, nor was it prescribed to me. It was chosen. By me. For me.

This is my deepest held belief.

This allows me to reframe every negative thing that ever happened as something I chose to experience.

Every trauma, a lesson.

Every failure, a necessary pre condition for later success.

All the pain, hardship, struggle etc… merely exposure therapy.

Allowing me to become immune to certain varietals of poison… metaphorical or otherwise.

It is all self inflicted.

No one can convince me this isn’t true and thinking this way gives me ownership over every single part of my world.

When you have that extreme level of ownership, you have an extreme level of control.

Everything becomes more malleable.

The world shift from being something that happens to you, to you being something that happens to it.

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Are you a man or a women?

The self sovereign individual with the power to choose for oneself is powerful.

Keep fighting the good fight friend.

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Very Marcus Aurelius of you

Very. Marcus knew more about this life than 99.999999% of humans with computers in their pockets will ever know.

Blows my mind that the ancients figured out human nature and how to live a good life thousands of years ago yet we’re still toiling in the dark with our computers in our pockets thinking we’re somehow superior.

The ancients had low time preference.

amor fati

I was shown this to be true in a vision. Believe me or not.

That's deep.

Radical self reliance, responsibility and awareness is pretty zen of you

If you see the Buddha on the road kill him

Only true guru is inside.

From the very start we had to race to the finish line, we did that.

Without failure, there are no lessons to evolve into something greater.

“There is no heart BREAK, only heart SHAPE”

From losing a finger, to breaking bones and dislocating limbs, it’s all lessons to become hardened and better.

🎯🤝 well said

I agree. And once we see this we realize our own life is the riddle to be solved. We create all of the obstacles we perceive. They form our own learning mechanism and path of growth. When we blame external events/people for circumstances then we give our power away and block our opportunity for growth.

This!

From to you

To by you

To As you

Yes.

I hold very similar beliefs, and I do my best not succumb to a victim mentality which is the worst poison.

With great responsibility comes great power.

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Hard core disagree. You are not your own. You are created in the image of God. (Imago Dei).

Control is a tool you use to help you cope with the fact that there is a God and you aren’t Him.

If you believe in Jesus you can be born again, your eyes are then open to the things unseen. His spirit dwells inside you and guides you for His purposes and His glory, not yours.

I hope you find fulfillment in life and joy abundant. However, you will not find it in the pursuit of yourself. It’s found in the belief that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

Ask you self where good and evil come from. Why don’t other animals have a moral code?

Sin has left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. Trust Him.

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. John 14:20

The bible is full of teachings that point to man's oneness with God. Worth considering.

Just had a long discussion about this with my mom. My dad is dying from early onset Alzheimer's, and our foundational belief is as you described - that we all chose this for wise and wonderful reasons.

Accepting that our special dose of pain is carefully and meticulously administered in love and purpose is a path to experience profound transcendence.

Some might call it a trick. But when a trick reshapes lived experience, it's hard to argue that anything can get more real.

Appreciate you, HODL.

Well said

Love it!

Great thoughts! 👍

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