Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays! The only weekly post that you should take with a pinch of salt…
Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that has helped me grow.
As a bonus I’ve finished with 1 joke that’s so bad, it’s good.
Let’s begin!
3 x Thoughts:
1) Something to think about: In your attempts to avoid suffering you suffer more.
2) Those who refuse to acknowledge their parent’s shortcomings are bound to repeat them.
3) Expectations – that’s your problem! Expectations of a clean, perfect, fair world. Of kindness from strangers. For people to treat you a particular way. When the world doesn’t meet these expectations your happiness gets checked. Drop all expectations of your external world and instead turn the spotlight inward. Get your house in perfect order before you even consider criticising the world. In fact, as a rule for life, give up blaming and give up complaining. Take full responsibility for your problems. Concentrate only on your circle of control. Make peace with the rest of it.
2 x Quotes:
“Your perception of me, is a reflection of you. My reaction to you is an awareness of me.”
– UNKNOWN
“Pure attention without judgement is not only the highest form of human intelligence, but also the expression of love.”
– JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
1 x Thing:
This Mark Manson article: How To Break Hearts and Risk Losing Everything. The article explores why the hard questions in life appear difficult to anyone who has them, but appear easy to anyone who does not. For anyone who is contemplating a major life decision I can recommend giving it a quick read. 3 of my fav quotes below:
“The person who is forever obsessed with their own feelings and satisfaction is a person who is unable to look outside themselves, a person who is unable to take on the perspectives and feelings of others as their own, a person who is unable to hold values beyond their own credit and gain.
“When choosing what to do with your life, emotions can’t be your only reasons. Feel your emotions but do not allow yourself to be defined by your emotions. Acknowledge the feeling and then act based on something more than the feeling.
“There is a difference between what we are capable of doing and what we allow ourselves to do. We often don’t recognize that difference.”
– MARK MANSON
1 x Joke:
My wife was trying to rock my son to sleep the other day so I gave her his dummy to help out.
I said, “You know why they call it a dummy don’t you?”
She replied, “No, why?”
I said, “Because it’s not a real nipple, you dummy!”
Thanks ladies and gentlemen. I’m here all week! As always I welcome ALL thoughts and opinions on this blog. Please let us know in the comments section below.
One bonus question to ponder: What are you willing to suffer for?
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Thanks for another great “Mindset Monday,” AP2. Great stuff!
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Cheers Art! 🙏
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Love the quote of mark manson at the end! (And the rest of the read;)) We ourselves, or should I say me myself, is often the one holding back, hindering growth, change or pivoting … 🙄😝Thanks!
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You’re not alone. I like Mark Manson. He words always give me the slap in the face I need! Glad you enjoyed the post R.T. 🙏
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Very nice quote by JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI. I have only listened to him via YouTube.
Have you read any of his books?
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Hey Andrew. Yeah I loved that quote. Actually I read it in one of Haemin Sunim’s book. I looked him after I saw it. Sounds like my kind of role model. I also liked this quote I found from him. “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
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This was on point! The 2nd thought of yours that you shared really resonated this morning! Thanks. I’ll be back for more!
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Thank you Leslie. And thank you for stopping by. I’m so pleased you found something that resonated with you. Wishing you the very best 🙏
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So much irony… love it. I’m feeling so stuck with myself right now.
“Trying to avoid suffering and suffering more” hit me between the eyes! 🤦🏻♀️
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It’s the story of my life Angie. Avoiding the things that I should be doing and in the process making things worse. I hope my words inspire you somehow. Thank you for stopping by. Wishing you a wonderful day Angie 🙏
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Thought-provoking post. I even liked the joke! Have a great day, AP! ❤
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Hey Cheryl. If it made you think and smile then I must be doing something right. Thank you. Have a great day too 😊🙏
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Happy Tuesday! 🙂
Funnily enough, I saw the same quote very recently that you shared: “Your perception of me, is a reflection of you. My reaction to you is an awareness of me.” So very true.
And the part of acknowledging our parents’ shortcomings in order to not repeat them is so very true especially now that I’m a parent myself. Love them but also can own up to things that I will try my best to not repeat!
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Happy Wednesday Ab! I shared that quote on my previous article as well so it’s possible you saw shared by me twice. 😂
Being a parent is hard. I think that awareness about the mistakes they made is important. Even if we do repeat them we can talk about it and apologise to our own children for it.
Wishing you and your family well 🙏
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This was going well until the joke. ❤
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That’s usually my downfall 😂. Thanks Barb 🙏
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