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“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well….Never say about anything, ‘I have lost it,’ but say, ‘I have given it back.” -Epictetus, Enchiridion “What do you possess that you have not received?” -1 Corinthians 4:7 “It is not yourContinue reading “The Cure For Entitlement”

“Every play you do is a rehearsal for the next play you do.” -Jefferson Mays “So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.” -Friedrich Durrenmatt Fear not. Fret not. You’re exactly in the right pointContinue reading “On Point”

“Every action, thought and feeling is motivated by an intention.” -Gary Zukav Intentions are great and are the seeds of action. But in the end no one cares what you intended to do. They only care what you actually, did do. Action. Action. Action. P.S. – Speaking of intentions and actions, this fantastic IG postContinue reading “Intention Vs. Action”

“How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure.” -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations “Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Teddy Roosevelt Just like the sprinter or swimmer shouldn’t look sideways to seeContinue reading “Don’t Look Sideways”

“If you decide you need $100,000 to be happy, $50,000 feels like a failure. If you decide $40,000 is enough to be happy, suddenly you’re a success. Too often, we forget that failure is just this arbitrary definition we make up in our heads. We decide, “This is what’s going to happen.” And when itContinue reading “You learned.”

“An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.” -Marlon Brando “It’s not about losing yourself in the role. It’s about finding yourself in the role.” -Uta Hagen “Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” -August WilsonContinue reading “It’s All Fuel”

“They call me Mr. Determined.” -John Cusack as Dan Bartlett in the film, Hot Pursuit For the actor… Not pursuing any objective is uninteresting to play and watch. So is achieving your objective.. It’s that glorious middle, when you’re in hot pursuit of something you care deeply about, that makes you riveting. It’s also soContinue reading “Hot Pursuit”

Shane Parrish wrote the below, recent post on his always excellent Farnham Street newsletter: Patterns of unhappy people: – Need social approval – Are reliably unreliable – Feel sorry for themselves – Choose comfort over truth – Refuse to learn from others – Spend more than they make – Use chemicals to alter mood – Make everything about them – Resent the successContinue reading “Shiny Happy People”

“Pure love, careless of all other things, kindles the soul.” -Seneca “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi “Look at how a single candle can both defy and defineContinue reading “A Light In The Darkness”

Most men are like me, they struggle and doubtThey trouble their minds day in and day outToo busy with living to worry aboutA little word like loveBut when I see a mother’s tendernessAs she holds her young close to her breastThen I thank God that the world’s been blessedWith a thing called love -song “AContinue reading “The Thing About Love”