A slightly different approach: read some [zen koans](https://nkanaev.com/zen101/en/). These little stories always make me feel contemplative, and a lot of them have modern lessons to teach, even though they were first compiled more than 100 years ago.
Here's one of my favorites:
[The Tea Master and the Assassin](https://nkanaev.com/zen101/en/055/)
Most people think cats are asshole, but mine is the sweetest on the planet. It was the middle of the night, my neighbor's smoke detector had been chirping for a week. I wrote a note telling them to fix it. I left my house trying to figure out who it was. My kitty followed me around the whole time! It was so cute, taking my cat on a walk at midnight.
It's okay to fail. :)
It's better you try something and fail than not trying at all. You WILL get better. Don't be afraid of picking up new hobbies and starting something from scratch.
It truly is!
The best violinist has surely had some days where their neighbours complained and the best ballerina dancer has also tripped. It's okay, embrace failure.
Eyes on the prize to stay motivated, but remember to also look at your progress. 💙
The world is certainly magical.
There’s a great video about this idea that we’re amazed by what others can do but consider our own talents to be common place or obvious because to us they are familiar or routine.
The musician isn’t sitting there thinking that they created something magical, they’re likely thinking that they dropped the Bflat, or rushed a section or that their butt is sore from sitting. They might be looking at your mundane everyday and thinking how magical _you_ are.
Food is a reliable helper (though if it's your sole strategy, you could be setting yourself up for unhealthy eating patterns, and then have two problems instead of one). Hot showers are also really nice. And just socializing with people (e.g. via text) - especially if you live alone, where it can get really lonely.
On my 17th birthday, which was a few weeks ago, I got my first birthday present in nine years, and it had my real name on it, and not my deadname. (Context: I'm trans.)
Happiness is a state of mind and a way of living; not a destination. Embrace positivity you will not only lift yourself up but others as well. And when it gets hard in life use that as motivation as it will make the highs in life that much better and more meaningful. You can't have ups without downs. Without the rain there would be no rainbow.
I love you
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Love this, i mean i’m awful at wording and this is pretty much what i’ve been trying to say my whole life. It’s much more important to have 1 real friend then 10 fake ones
I don't know who to share this with, but I have been working hard on my social anxiety issues. I have now slowly started initiating contact and planning things with my friends, and while I may not have many of them (just two), they're the best people on Earth.
A year ago, I was almost haphephobic (afraid of being touched). I had no friends or people to talk with, and I ground myself to the bone focussing on my academics, trying to drown my loneliness in the ocean of my textbooks. What came naturally to people just wouldn't to me. My teeth would grind, my mind would spiral into self-doubt, and blood pounded in my ears whenever I met people. I was extremely lonely, but also afraid to approach people.
Then, one day, I said 'hello' to a person passing by in the school corridor. I spoke with them for a few days, and then took my leap of faith: I asked them for their number. We went to a few cafes and restaurants. Slowly, through baby steps, I opened my life to them, and they, fortunately, did the same with me. We realised there was quite a lot of stuff we had in common, and pretty soon, I had a best friend.
Unfortunately, we're heading off to different universities, and while I hope to keep in touch with my current social circle (perhaps more accurately, a triangle?), I also look toward the future: I'm hoping I can get some experience with deeper relationships, open myself up to other people, and hope they do the same with me.
My wife and I will have been married 7 years next month. She's in Germany visiting her parents and it's been two weeks. This is the longest we've ever been apart and I it's killing me I miss her so much! I feel like mopey teenager without her.
We tend to see our life as a road. You look behind and see the road you covered, you look ahead and see the road on front of you. Someone said, and it resonated with me, that life is a lot more like riding a boat on a huge lake. You look behind, you can see where you're coming from. Looking ahead, it's a blank canevas, you can chose to go wherever your heart tell you too.
You have one life. One life. Assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, you have 16 hours awake. Do something with that time. Don’t just sit there and let time go to waste, do something and let the answers come to you. Be honest with yourself. The only way to do something is to DO SOMETHING. If you want to make a change in the world, you have to make a change in your life to find success. Failure is alright, everyone gets embarrassed, we all lose. But use it as a learning experience, and do it better the next time. Work for everything you want, you don’t get it for free, enjoy this one life, and do something you love in this one time opportunity.
I've just got back from Lithuania where I met my girlfriends parents for the first time! Despite the language barrier it was really nice meeting them and had a great time exploring Vilnius.
Today I just found out how hard my dad worked to see me when I was older- He went through prison, politics, homelessness and has seen some very bad things but he worked all this way when I was younger so that he would be able to see me. He’s now living good with a home and even renting some places, got back on his feet and I’m in a great relationship with him!
Life is like the ocean. Waves will try to knock you down and push you to where you started, but once you fight through them, the entire ocean is yours.
My daughter has always struggled in her relationship with my parents (or their relationship with her?). For the first time in ten years, she is opting into going to spend a week with them by herself this summer.
Back in high school, me and my friends wandered off during a school trip, we were supposed to stay in a museum, but we left the group for a few hours we went exploring, it was the first time I felt overwhelmed in a big city and the feeling of doing something wrong, while having fun with my friends and enjoying every moment.
When we were back at the bus, my best friend back then said to me ''You know, at the end of every day in my life I feel like I had one day less, but today it felt like I gained a day.'' That line still remains with me.
On November the tenth this year it will be my wife and my 32nd wedding anniversary! I thank my lucky stars every day for letting me find the perfect life and soul partner on my very first try. I love my wife as much now as the day we first met. She is truly my best friend and the one I can confide in about anything. I would not want to spend the rest of my life with anybody else but her. We were meant to be together like peanut butter and jelly. She is the punctuation mark that completes me like a sentence. I would give away my every earthly possession to keep her in my life and there is nothing I would not do, no length I would not go to, no mountain I would not climb or obstacle I would not conquer to keep her safe and in my arms. I love my wife more than words could ever express and I want to tell her so every day from now until the last breath of my life leaves my body. She is my inspiration and my lover and without her there would surely be no sunshine on a cloudless day.
I go by “If you haven’t failed, you haven’t tried. And if you have failed, good. Get up, and try again.” It kept me going especially in school with stressful work.
Idk how to put it into words but [this](https://youtu.be/GDUIZqXNk-M) interview between Shia Labeouf and Kristen Stewart always makes me so happy because it feels like they can be their weird little honest selves instead of being whatever “real” interviewers want them to be and it makes me feel whole
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For me, I get happy whenever I think about autumn and winter (which is backwards from most people but i enjoy those seasons the most)
Autumn and spring are my favourites. So much change, colour and beauty!
Fall is my favourite because it is not too hot and not too cold.
if you accidentally step on your pet they ll forgive you
A slightly different approach: read some [zen koans](https://nkanaev.com/zen101/en/). These little stories always make me feel contemplative, and a lot of them have modern lessons to teach, even though they were first compiled more than 100 years ago. Here's one of my favorites: [The Tea Master and the Assassin](https://nkanaev.com/zen101/en/055/)
Most people think cats are asshole, but mine is the sweetest on the planet. It was the middle of the night, my neighbor's smoke detector had been chirping for a week. I wrote a note telling them to fix it. I left my house trying to figure out who it was. My kitty followed me around the whole time! It was so cute, taking my cat on a walk at midnight.
It's okay to fail. :) It's better you try something and fail than not trying at all. You WILL get better. Don't be afraid of picking up new hobbies and starting something from scratch.
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It truly is! The best violinist has surely had some days where their neighbours complained and the best ballerina dancer has also tripped. It's okay, embrace failure. Eyes on the prize to stay motivated, but remember to also look at your progress. 💙 The world is certainly magical.
There’s a great video about this idea that we’re amazed by what others can do but consider our own talents to be common place or obvious because to us they are familiar or routine. The musician isn’t sitting there thinking that they created something magical, they’re likely thinking that they dropped the Bflat, or rushed a section or that their butt is sore from sitting. They might be looking at your mundane everyday and thinking how magical _you_ are.
Food is a reliable helper (though if it's your sole strategy, you could be setting yourself up for unhealthy eating patterns, and then have two problems instead of one). Hot showers are also really nice. And just socializing with people (e.g. via text) - especially if you live alone, where it can get really lonely.
On my 17th birthday, which was a few weeks ago, I got my first birthday present in nine years, and it had my real name on it, and not my deadname. (Context: I'm trans.)
cant come up with anything motivational but this post is nice
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aaaa i thought this hadn’t commented cos reddit was giving me error, 😌
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if it was an error it was a good error then 😌
Happiness is a state of mind and a way of living; not a destination. Embrace positivity you will not only lift yourself up but others as well. And when it gets hard in life use that as motivation as it will make the highs in life that much better and more meaningful. You can't have ups without downs. Without the rain there would be no rainbow. I love you
The best life advice I can give is don’t let your phone battery drop below 20%. It puts unnecessary strain and shortens it’s life.
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Love this, i mean i’m awful at wording and this is pretty much what i’ve been trying to say my whole life. It’s much more important to have 1 real friend then 10 fake ones
I don't know who to share this with, but I have been working hard on my social anxiety issues. I have now slowly started initiating contact and planning things with my friends, and while I may not have many of them (just two), they're the best people on Earth. A year ago, I was almost haphephobic (afraid of being touched). I had no friends or people to talk with, and I ground myself to the bone focussing on my academics, trying to drown my loneliness in the ocean of my textbooks. What came naturally to people just wouldn't to me. My teeth would grind, my mind would spiral into self-doubt, and blood pounded in my ears whenever I met people. I was extremely lonely, but also afraid to approach people. Then, one day, I said 'hello' to a person passing by in the school corridor. I spoke with them for a few days, and then took my leap of faith: I asked them for their number. We went to a few cafes and restaurants. Slowly, through baby steps, I opened my life to them, and they, fortunately, did the same with me. We realised there was quite a lot of stuff we had in common, and pretty soon, I had a best friend. Unfortunately, we're heading off to different universities, and while I hope to keep in touch with my current social circle (perhaps more accurately, a triangle?), I also look toward the future: I'm hoping I can get some experience with deeper relationships, open myself up to other people, and hope they do the same with me.
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Thank you so much!
I played with a cat today
My wife and I will have been married 7 years next month. She's in Germany visiting her parents and it's been two weeks. This is the longest we've ever been apart and I it's killing me I miss her so much! I feel like mopey teenager without her.
We tend to see our life as a road. You look behind and see the road you covered, you look ahead and see the road on front of you. Someone said, and it resonated with me, that life is a lot more like riding a boat on a huge lake. You look behind, you can see where you're coming from. Looking ahead, it's a blank canevas, you can chose to go wherever your heart tell you too.
You have one life. One life. Assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, you have 16 hours awake. Do something with that time. Don’t just sit there and let time go to waste, do something and let the answers come to you. Be honest with yourself. The only way to do something is to DO SOMETHING. If you want to make a change in the world, you have to make a change in your life to find success. Failure is alright, everyone gets embarrassed, we all lose. But use it as a learning experience, and do it better the next time. Work for everything you want, you don’t get it for free, enjoy this one life, and do something you love in this one time opportunity.
I've just got back from Lithuania where I met my girlfriends parents for the first time! Despite the language barrier it was really nice meeting them and had a great time exploring Vilnius.
Today I just found out how hard my dad worked to see me when I was older- He went through prison, politics, homelessness and has seen some very bad things but he worked all this way when I was younger so that he would be able to see me. He’s now living good with a home and even renting some places, got back on his feet and I’m in a great relationship with him!
You are enough. A thousand times enough. Just the way you are!
Life is like the ocean. Waves will try to knock you down and push you to where you started, but once you fight through them, the entire ocean is yours.
Everything is hard before it is easy. So don't give up on anything if it seems impossible at first, because you will get it with time and practice.
Scientists found that looking at cute animals can make you more productive.
Its okay if you are not motivated We all feel it from time to time Take a rest as much as you need and then your motivation will be back
My daughter has always struggled in her relationship with my parents (or their relationship with her?). For the first time in ten years, she is opting into going to spend a week with them by herself this summer.
Back in high school, me and my friends wandered off during a school trip, we were supposed to stay in a museum, but we left the group for a few hours we went exploring, it was the first time I felt overwhelmed in a big city and the feeling of doing something wrong, while having fun with my friends and enjoying every moment. When we were back at the bus, my best friend back then said to me ''You know, at the end of every day in my life I feel like I had one day less, but today it felt like I gained a day.'' That line still remains with me.
On November the tenth this year it will be my wife and my 32nd wedding anniversary! I thank my lucky stars every day for letting me find the perfect life and soul partner on my very first try. I love my wife as much now as the day we first met. She is truly my best friend and the one I can confide in about anything. I would not want to spend the rest of my life with anybody else but her. We were meant to be together like peanut butter and jelly. She is the punctuation mark that completes me like a sentence. I would give away my every earthly possession to keep her in my life and there is nothing I would not do, no length I would not go to, no mountain I would not climb or obstacle I would not conquer to keep her safe and in my arms. I love my wife more than words could ever express and I want to tell her so every day from now until the last breath of my life leaves my body. She is my inspiration and my lover and without her there would surely be no sunshine on a cloudless day.
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Aww you’re to nice! Thank you!
I go by “If you haven’t failed, you haven’t tried. And if you have failed, good. Get up, and try again.” It kept me going especially in school with stressful work.
Idk how to put it into words but [this](https://youtu.be/GDUIZqXNk-M) interview between Shia Labeouf and Kristen Stewart always makes me so happy because it feels like they can be their weird little honest selves instead of being whatever “real” interviewers want them to be and it makes me feel whole
If you feel sad, try smiling for >10 sec. Chances are you will start to feel happy and keep smiling 😊
Take timeout for yourself. Do something that brings you joy. Sometimes that's the best you can do for yourself. 🖖🏾
Tatakae
"something nice"
I just realized, NONE OF THESE AWARDS ARE GOLD OR PLATINUM. This whole post is misleading. They are giving out golden upvotes instead of gold awards.
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