Keep on keepin on. Every step forward helps gain momentum for the next. The little things add up to create the big things. I believe in you. Keep going, you’ve got this.

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hard disagree. the first is easy. the second step is the hardest: consistency. everyone joins the gym in Jan 1 but few follow up. everyone watches a youtube tutorial to learn a skill but few invest time and effort to actually learn it.

Except for a few places and people, folks in the gym would be happy to see you come in and learn and get better. To me, there is nothing more inspiring than seeing someone try at something they are not good at.

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[unzips human body]

“I’m so grateful for this mouthful of cavities, bare cupboard, broke ass car, getting fired yesterday, sciatic nerve pain, and my broken clothes washer”…..

Yea ok…So grateful….

What makes you think everyone has access to food or water and has a roof over their head? What makes you think a roof over your head is reason to be grateful when your L3 pain is so bad you want to die? This quote is meaningless…

I understand what you're saying, but there are much better ways to word that than this post did.

You're saying "be happy with what you've got" but that only applies to people that have the basic conditions for happiness that then lost sight of it in pursuit for more.

This generalisation doesn't work as well as the post, which says anyone can find happiness if they just look hard enough. Someone living in absolute misery can not simply turn a switch.

There's a lot of hate here, and probably justifiably so, but this is actually (worded slightly differently) a core of Buddhism. The belief that our attachment to things is what actually causes misery is relatively fundamental, even if that attachment is to things like food or health. There's a lot more nuance to it than that, but it's the gist of it.

I can totally see how from an outsiders perspective this is 100% a "thanks I'm cured" moment.

A better future and social change require us to dream of a better, more just future and work for it together, not sit contentedly in the status quo.

But I am under duress. That is literally why poverty clinically causes stress. Telling myself I am fine won't pay the rent.

Noone who has ever been poor says "money won't buy happiness". You are right it won't. But poverty sure buys grief.

Oh fuck this shit

I like self improvement and I value meditation but can we please not with this "the system is just and can't be changed all I should work on is accepting it" crap?

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It’s not meaningless, it’s about being grateful for what you have.

It’s easy to become dissatisfied with your current situation, that’s why it’s essential to practice being grateful if you want to be happy and feel fulfilled. That’s why they say money doesn’t buy happiness. Humans easily fall into a mindset where they always want more. We also compare ourselves to others who have more.

If you have a roof over your head and access to food and water. That is a lot to be grateful for.

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Just imagine how profound and smart whoever came up with this horseshit thought it was. I can smell the pumpkin spice latte all over this image.

“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu ☯️

Ah, I see a fellow Buddha.

….violently murders him.

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Likewise, the secret to knowing it all is having you already do.

It's stating that the irony of our flaws is that we can't see them while others can. We are all delusional to our own flaws, yet see others as though they were wounds on their faces. The irony is, if we were able to see ourselves from an outside perspective (or look within us as the poem suggests) the pain of our realization would save us.

After reading I was in trans state, the comments brought me back to real world!

Love all the sarcasm in the comments even though this is what they subscribed for.