This is how your writing has manifested in my daily life. I always hated the way my life was going: habits I couldn't build, and toxic behavioral patterns I couldn't change... but recently, I've been consciously trying to take things one step at a time. I recognize the pattern, slow down, open myself up to the unfamiliar feelings of new actions, and then I just do it. This hasn't radically turned me into a different person, but it is preparing me for it, familiarizing me with a new way of living. And it turns out, it's just a brief, temporary moment of discomfort that took me years to finally take action and change.
Maybe the delay served a purpose: it made me so fed up with my life that I felt I had no choice but to escape, fight for a new life, and finally do something about it.
Another thing I want to share is that change also requires what I call “the will to be happy.” Some people have lived in disappointment for so long that they've grown comfortable in it. They think that’s just their way of life: their fate, if you will. Only when someone truly believes they deserve unconditional happiness will they find the strength to fight for it. I used to let my past trauma define my life, believing that I wasn't worthy of love. Not until the day I was willing to be happy did I finally allow myself to feel it and pursue it.
Your writing is so thought-provoking and resonant, Mark!
Like the very topic of this article, this article is wonderfully direct and simple with its message…with a message that’s easy to grasp!
Love it, Mark!
This is how your writing has manifested in my daily life. I always hated the way my life was going: habits I couldn't build, and toxic behavioral patterns I couldn't change... but recently, I've been consciously trying to take things one step at a time. I recognize the pattern, slow down, open myself up to the unfamiliar feelings of new actions, and then I just do it. This hasn't radically turned me into a different person, but it is preparing me for it, familiarizing me with a new way of living. And it turns out, it's just a brief, temporary moment of discomfort that took me years to finally take action and change.
Maybe the delay served a purpose: it made me so fed up with my life that I felt I had no choice but to escape, fight for a new life, and finally do something about it.
Another thing I want to share is that change also requires what I call “the will to be happy.” Some people have lived in disappointment for so long that they've grown comfortable in it. They think that’s just their way of life: their fate, if you will. Only when someone truly believes they deserve unconditional happiness will they find the strength to fight for it. I used to let my past trauma define my life, believing that I wasn't worthy of love. Not until the day I was willing to be happy did I finally allow myself to feel it and pursue it.
Your writing is so thought-provoking and resonant, Mark!
Love it, Thao!