I resonate deeply with this post. Gratitude has the power to transform our lives for the better. It reveals that there is so much more than what society has taught us as children and teens. Stoicism and gratitude have both profoundly changed my life 🫶🏻.
I struggled until my mid 50s with performance perfection. It’s of course rooted in childhood, feeling the need to do everything perfectly in order to secure my parents’ love. This behaviour plagued me throughout my corporate existence feeling the pressure to perform perfectly for bosses. Feeling so self conscious. Feeling so discombobulated that I eventually quit and walked away completely from that first version of my adult life.
Your post today and sharing the quote from Roy Baumeister just unlocked something momentous for me that I will take into this second chapter of my adult life: pressure consciousness causes performance to diminish because its desperation to control (the outcome) interrupts the innate wisdom and flow that we have unconsciously within us. Just be. Innately me. Always.
It takes a lot of water to flow down the river before we grasp a simple truth. Sooner or later, we all do. And the earlier we see it, the more life feels like a river - calm on the surface, powerful underneath.
I resonate deeply with this post. Gratitude has the power to transform our lives for the better. It reveals that there is so much more than what society has taught us as children and teens. Stoicism and gratitude have both profoundly changed my life 🫶🏻.
This is my favourite post from you. Wow!
I struggled until my mid 50s with performance perfection. It’s of course rooted in childhood, feeling the need to do everything perfectly in order to secure my parents’ love. This behaviour plagued me throughout my corporate existence feeling the pressure to perform perfectly for bosses. Feeling so self conscious. Feeling so discombobulated that I eventually quit and walked away completely from that first version of my adult life.
Your post today and sharing the quote from Roy Baumeister just unlocked something momentous for me that I will take into this second chapter of my adult life: pressure consciousness causes performance to diminish because its desperation to control (the outcome) interrupts the innate wisdom and flow that we have unconsciously within us. Just be. Innately me. Always.
Thank you!
Henry David Thoreau, “Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity.”
What a joy it is to be alive and have people to love and be loved. I took it for granted for far too long. Bless you all.
I’m a software architect and engineer; the best software, meaning it’s readable, maintainable, and scalable, is always the simplest.
It would seem that simplicity is perhaps the key to all of life!
It takes a lot of water to flow down the river before we grasp a simple truth. Sooner or later, we all do. And the earlier we see it, the more life feels like a river - calm on the surface, powerful underneath.
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I love this post. Very timely for me.
Sorry, it's "borne" rejection. Hope that helps.
Rejoice daily. Pray continuously. Be thankful in all circumstances.
Wake up every morning this way! Love Marcus Aurelius!