Sunday Thinking

"The circumstances of your life do not describe and cannot constrain the greatness of your soul."

July 21, 2024

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The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.

"Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the most wonderful things that will ever happen to us. Remember its never a rejection just a redirection towards what's truly meant for us."

― Nicole Reed, Author

I. The Discipline of Patience

Patience ― the thing that goes beyond...

Hustle
And Hard Work

The discipline of patience. The thing that goes beyond hustle and hard work. Because we all talk about hustle, we talk about working hard. We talk about grinding. But nobody talks to you about patience.

Source: Inky Johnson, Serendipity

II. Life’s Red and Yellow Lights

If life was nothing but green lights and we didn't have yellows or reds ― things that make us pause.

Hardships, crises, times for introspection. Then what the hell would it all be for?
We need the yellows and the reds. That's how we evolve.
That's how hopefully there is some ascension to our being.

I would say to my 15-year-old self. Go fail more. If there is anything I would say to you. Go fail more.

Source: Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights

III. The Truth That Sets Us Free

10 powerful truths:

Silence is more powerful than trying to prove a point.
When trust is broken, sorry means nothing.
Control your actions. Learn to react less.
When you are honest, you lose people who don't deserve you.
One beautiful heart is worth more than 1,000 beautiful faces.
Small circle, private life, clear mind, and happy heart.
Never go back to somebody who you left.
Stop overthinking. You can't control everything ― just let it be.
If somebody is stupid enough to walk away from you, be smart enough to let them go.
True friends are very rare if you have one you are very lucky.

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V. Question

What is my definition of success if money, titles and followers were taken out of the equation?

VI. This Week, I Will

Take aligned action.
Be someone's light.
Get the support I need.
Celebrate the here and now.
Take care of my mind, body, and soul.

The Last Words…

"I think I'm working to unlearn the belief that I am not enough, and I think I'm working to unlearn the belief that I am less important and less deserving. I understood that there was something sacred about sacrificing my own need or desire or truth, even to make space for someone else's journey. I've placed so much value on other people's sense of joy and goodness and safety that I've been willing to sacrifice my own sense of joy and goodness and safety. And I don't regret it. I think it's not wrong to care about how other people feel and want to do what's right for other people. I'm just learning to let myself be one of those people, to include myself. I need to be as important as the other people I'm considering that I deserve that."

― Kerry Washington, Award-Winning Actor