Sunday Thinking

“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”

June 04, 2023

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.

“Put the past behind you and prepare for a new day. You cannot live in the past and still be present mentally and emotionally for today. Now is the time to position yourself to embrace what is and prepare for what will be. Keep an open mind; uncluttered with worry, regrets or speculation. Cherish the time you have and the opportunities that present themselves. Get ready to take the next step.”

― Unknown

Image by Patrick Koetzle

I. Control What You Can Control

What you can control:

  • Your time and effort

  • Your vision and habits

  • Your health and friends

  • Your attitude and honesty

  • Your humility and mindset

  • Your network and integrity

  • Your thoughts and reactions

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ― Dr. Maya Angelou

II. Discipline Over Motivation

When you find you’re offering yourself excuses for giving up or slacking off, don’t accept the offer.

  • Instead, remind yourself of how precious your time is and of all you’ve committed to do with that time.

  • Sure, you have the ability to talk yourself out of making the effort. Fortunately you have just as much ability to talk yourself into it, and a lot better reason to do so.

Yes, that effort can be complicated, frustrating, uncomfortable, and inconvenient. And it can also be highly rewarding.

Source: Ron Boss Everline, Founder of Just-Train

III. Lead with Love, Not Ego

When your moves are led by love instead of ego:

  • You attract outcomes that your soul needs instead of limited blessings that your mind thinks you deserve.

  • You unlock doors that look at you as the key instead of pathways that require force for you to find a way through.

You limit your magic when you're led by ego, you expand everything within you when you're led by love.

Source: Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

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V. Question

Do more than just exist. We all exist. The question is: Do you live?

VI. This Week, I Will

  1. Control the controllable

  2. Do something that scares me

  3. Show up in love, instead of fear

  4. Walk inside my story and own it

  5. Focus on the next step, not the whole mountain

The Last Words…

“At the end of the day ― I want to leave this world with a heart that is worn-out and tender all over, with a heart that aches from loving, and feeling, and caring in the best way possible. I want to leave this world knowing that I poured love into everything I did, that I crashed my soul into each and every single day, that I tried for something while I was here, that I risked. At the end of the day, I just want to be proud of the way I turned every loss into a lesson, of the way I believed in the light even when I could not see it. At the end of the day, I just want to be proud of the way I connected, I just want to be proud of the person I have become.”

― Bianca Sparacino, A Gentle Reminder

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