You need to give in order to get.
Contrary to popular belief, something’s worth is not determined by what it does for you. It’s actually realized by what you do for it. You need to give in order to get. You can’t sit in front of an empty fireplace and ask for heat when you haven’t given it any wood.
As obvious as that may sound, the world is full of people who claim to know this, yet they do little to nothing for theirselves. They don’t workout. They don’t eat well. They don’t study or explore life. They judge it as pointless. So they stay in their comfort zone taking the path of least resistance because they’ve decided all those things are too hard. They’ve given up.
Why? Well since they stopped giving to themselves, you better believe they’re not getting anything back so now they inevitably fail at all they do which makes them learn helplessness. Their perspective of pointlessness makes sense considering that. This means they go throughout life trying to take what they can. What’s easiest? What feels good right now? How can I indulge? Drugs, junk food, the carnal, hatred, etc, any sin you can name fits here. The world is cruel and their life is horrible. They’ll be negative while seeking whatever pleasure and escape they can.
Their existence is worthless because I’ll say it again, something’s worth is not determined by what it does for you. Just because it temporarily feels great to take without giving doesn’t mean you’re getting anything back. Nothing is learned there. So of course there’s no value to your world. Not when any amount of happiness you find is so fleeting since it depends on anything other than you. You are the only constant of your world. Everything else will change so stop needing it. Give to whatever is there and it will become an asset to your emotional well being.
The only way to create any sort of meaningful value that lasts is to give and that starts with yourself. Success in life is all about loving everything as it is, faults and all. That’s what begins to happen when you stop denying what you don’t like and you accept it. True worth is recognized in embracing all parts of something, not just what you like. The moment you do that, everything you do and experience is a gift because you’re not taking anymore. You’re just appreciating every bit of life which you can do after you chose to endure it and not run away when things got difficult.
I’m not saying you have to enjoy the bad things in life, kudos if you can, but just give to them so that you can enjoy fire and heat you made with wood that you got on your own.
As obvious as that may sound, the world is full of people who claim to know this, yet they do little to nothing for theirselves. They don’t workout. They don’t eat well. They don’t study or explore life. They judge it as pointless. So they stay in their comfort zone taking the path of least resistance because they’ve decided all those things are too hard. They’ve given up.
Why? Well since they stopped giving to themselves, you better believe they’re not getting anything back so now they inevitably fail at all they do which makes them learn helplessness. Their perspective of pointlessness makes sense considering that. This means they go throughout life trying to take what they can. What’s easiest? What feels good right now? How can I indulge? Drugs, junk food, the carnal, hatred, etc, any sin you can name fits here. The world is cruel and their life is horrible. They’ll be negative while seeking whatever pleasure and escape they can.
Their existence is worthless because I’ll say it again, something’s worth is not determined by what it does for you. Just because it temporarily feels great to take without giving doesn’t mean you’re getting anything back. Nothing is learned there. So of course there’s no value to your world. Not when any amount of happiness you find is so fleeting since it depends on anything other than you. You are the only constant of your world. Everything else will change so stop needing it. Give to whatever is there and it will become an asset to your emotional well being.
The only way to create any sort of meaningful value that lasts is to give and that starts with yourself. Success in life is all about loving everything as it is, faults and all. That’s what begins to happen when you stop denying what you don’t like and you accept it. True worth is recognized in embracing all parts of something, not just what you like. The moment you do that, everything you do and experience is a gift because you’re not taking anymore. You’re just appreciating every bit of life which you can do after you chose to endure it and not run away when things got difficult.
I’m not saying you have to enjoy the bad things in life, kudos if you can, but just give to them so that you can enjoy fire and heat you made with wood that you got on your own.
