Seven instantly uplifting little thoughts to help you feel better about life
I get it. Life’s hard.
But a lot of that comes down to how you think about yourself in the context of your life.
Life is created. And you create it to be the way it is — good and bad.
Here are some ideas that extract my sorry soul out of my funk and put me in the mood to take to the streets to fight bears (bare-fisted):
You’re not obliged to worry, or — heck, do ANYthing — about things you can’t do anything about.
Difficult family members, terrible world events, troubling news in your neighbouring town.
If you can do something, great — do it if it’s within your capabilities and priorities. But many things do not demand your attention or support.
Some people are not willing to change, and they cannot benefit from your help, no matter how much you wish you could.
Everyone is weird, worried, uncertain and capable of evil.
The quickest way to depression is believing you’re somehow different and that you’re stuck in this victimised reality.
We are all unique, that’s for sure. But we are also all connected in our fears, doubts, and concerns about our inherent goodness (we are all capable of being bad).
We can be as quirky and unusual as anything but still be happy through a sense of connectedness. We’re connected in our insecurities.
It’s what makes us all human. Seeing this brings relief.
Even the most painful form of adversity can bring you something.
And often, the more you struggled, the more you could potentially stand to gain.
You just need to be willing to see the opportunity in it, find it, and extract it for a better life.
No life worth living ever ended without some scars.
Everyone has a form of social anxiety.
Concern for being rejected by another human is not a phenomenon reserved for a handful of unfortunate goobers.
We’re all worried, to varying degrees, about how we’re coming across to others. It’s a silent thread that keeps us from doing things that harm our societal organism. It’s normal to feel fear in the face of potential rejection.
Even extroverts can be shy. In fact, extroverts can be the most socially insecure of all.
The best we can do is nurture the vital habit of letting go of this concern as best we can.
This means seeing the truth of our innate security, over believing in the illusion that ties us to avoidance and unnecessary introspection.
99% of what humans do these days is completely removed from nature.
If you aren’t building with wood, making fires, milking goats, or foraging for mushrooms, you’re likely doing things humans are not used to doing in the grand scheme over significant stretches of time.
We live in artificial environments doing silly, unnatural things that keep up the mirage of the false pyramids we construct out of fear. We must be compassionate for ourselves in this sense.
We’re not supposed to continually flourish doing most of what we do — so give yourself some slack.
Stressing about that paper due next week or how you’re not as successful as that guy who rakes in $1000 per online sale is to stress about stuff that isn’t even real.
Everyone is suffering with their secrets.
Just because someone appears more ‘privileged,’ wealthier — even happier than you, doesn’t mean they aren’t carrying an invisible burden.
Quit your whining and comparing, and just assume we’re all going through it — because we all are in some way.
Assume others deserve respect and trust upfront instead of being a miserable misanthrope. You’ll feel better for it.
Just because most people do it does not mean you should do it.
It’s very easy to shame yourself into thinking that the majority is right, and because you’re not involved in their idiocies, you’re in the wrong.
You must separate yourself from the insane masses and think more for yourself. You know what’s right because your inner wisdom communicates with you.
If you don’t believe in what they say, follow that understanding over the pressing need to conform.
There’s no more potent force than your instinct and your internal pull to what you know is right for you.
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