Quote Mania

The Anti-Puppet Mindset  practice 6
We get jerked around by external things and unquestioned impulses all the time. Like puppets, we let someone else pull the strings and dance to their liking. The ambiguous remark of a colleague, friend who didn’t call, or the comment of a stranger—we get spun around by things beyond our control. We let others push our buttons. Even worse, it’s not just other people, we also let the weather, social media, news, and sports results pull our strings. We dance to sunshine and stomp to rain. We cheer the goal of…

Blame Your Expectations  (practice 5)
We get angry, sad, or disappointed because reality doesn’t meet our expectations. We get surprised because things are not as wished. When you find yourself frustrated, don’t blame other people or outside events, but yourself and your unrealistic expectations. The only reason we get irritated by trifles, according to Seneca, is because we didn’t expect them. “This is due to excessive self-love. We decide that we ought not to be harmed even by our enemies; each one in his heart has the king’s point of view…