Each and every day when we wake up, we have a choice; our progress can be a struggle or not. Most people view their current circumstances (eg., difficulty with boss, children's school grades, etc..) as an obstacle, as something to be overcome, rather than the reality of their situation. This leads to a great deal of conflict and struggle, wherein the conflict is really with the Self.
We can choose to cease this fight with a change in our perspectives and attitudes. Learn to surrender.
Accept reality on its own terms, thereby conquering our inner mountain and releasing ourselves to a greater purpose.
Any circumstance that seems to be a conflict or struggle is always a matter of attitude or perspective first, and once we learn to conquer ourselves, we have learned to release ourselves to the world and change our reality. Reframe our worldviews, and stop laying unrealistic demands on our own back. What value there is if you conquer the world but lose your soul?
Surrender your day and this coming week to the Almighty's hand.
"The first and the best victory is to conquer self."
-Plato
"Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society
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