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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:13 am
And I think that it's ultimately... even if it may seem a bit dark, a bit negative as a way of looking at things, I think, unfortunately, that it's the most constructive thing. When we say to ourselves: "Well, people are ungrateful, so I'm not going to stress about ingratitude", well at worst, we get a nice surprise. There you go, at worst, we get a nice surprise. If someone isn't ungrateful, we'll be surprised. "Hey, he's not ungrateful. That's cool". On the other hand, if this person is ungrateful or if someone is ungrateful to us, well we'll be prepared. So, there you go, either we'll be ready if it happens, or we'll be pleasantly surprised, we'll get a positive surprise if it happens differently. So, you see that preparing yourself is always something very interesting.
since we're talking about things that are details of life, but when a friend for example is late, you know that this friend is always late, well you can say to yourself: "Yeah, well it's him". You see, you prepare yourself for it. "That's all, it's him, he's like that. That's life. We can't change him, he's like that". You make the clear choice to accept this fault.
You also have the option of not accepting it and saying: "Well no, I'm not going to... I don't spend time with him anymore because, in any case, he's always late, so I wait for him, and it annoys me". But at least, you make a choice if you want that is taken in soul and conscience and you have prepared yourself to accept or not to laos whatsapp number data accept. You have prepared yourself for it. It's not a choice by default, it's not a choice that you will make in the heat of the moment, either by being annoyed by his delay or by regretting waiting for him if he is late. You will make a choice by default, 'well, a choice that will not be by default, precisely, a considered choice because you will have prepared yourself.
That's what I try to tell myself actually. When I read, when I learn, when I listen to podcasts, when I listen to audiobooks, when I write in my journal, when I think, when I do all of that, well I prepare myself. Of course, that doesn't make life easy. That doesn't mean that the trials that affect me, that happen in my life, aren't trials. It doesn't make things easy, obviously, but it definitely helps.
Recently, I read a book that had been on my list for a very, very long time, it's a great classic. The English title is Man's Search for Meaning, and in French, they translated it as À la recherche du sens . It was written by Viktor Frankl, who was an Austrian psychiatrist and philosopher who was imprisoned in Nazi camps, among others. He was in several camps. I think he was in Dachau, I think, but he was also in Auschwitz, I'm sure of that, and he survived.
And in fact, in his book, he reports that there were peaks in mortality, so more people died, at the end of the year. Why? It's a bit strange, one might say, but why are there more deaths at the end of the year, at Christmas time, New Year's Eve? Well, in fact, it's because many people thought, many people put these dates, either Christmas or New Year's Eve, in their heads to say: "At that time, I'll be out." So, in February, they said to themselves: "Well, it doesn't matter. Now, I'll hold out until Christmas or New Year's Eve because I'll spend Christmas or New Year's Eve with my family." So, they were getting ready to go out.
since we're talking about things that are details of life, but when a friend for example is late, you know that this friend is always late, well you can say to yourself: "Yeah, well it's him". You see, you prepare yourself for it. "That's all, it's him, he's like that. That's life. We can't change him, he's like that". You make the clear choice to accept this fault.
You also have the option of not accepting it and saying: "Well no, I'm not going to... I don't spend time with him anymore because, in any case, he's always late, so I wait for him, and it annoys me". But at least, you make a choice if you want that is taken in soul and conscience and you have prepared yourself to accept or not to laos whatsapp number data accept. You have prepared yourself for it. It's not a choice by default, it's not a choice that you will make in the heat of the moment, either by being annoyed by his delay or by regretting waiting for him if he is late. You will make a choice by default, 'well, a choice that will not be by default, precisely, a considered choice because you will have prepared yourself.
That's what I try to tell myself actually. When I read, when I learn, when I listen to podcasts, when I listen to audiobooks, when I write in my journal, when I think, when I do all of that, well I prepare myself. Of course, that doesn't make life easy. That doesn't mean that the trials that affect me, that happen in my life, aren't trials. It doesn't make things easy, obviously, but it definitely helps.
Recently, I read a book that had been on my list for a very, very long time, it's a great classic. The English title is Man's Search for Meaning, and in French, they translated it as À la recherche du sens . It was written by Viktor Frankl, who was an Austrian psychiatrist and philosopher who was imprisoned in Nazi camps, among others. He was in several camps. I think he was in Dachau, I think, but he was also in Auschwitz, I'm sure of that, and he survived.
And in fact, in his book, he reports that there were peaks in mortality, so more people died, at the end of the year. Why? It's a bit strange, one might say, but why are there more deaths at the end of the year, at Christmas time, New Year's Eve? Well, in fact, it's because many people thought, many people put these dates, either Christmas or New Year's Eve, in their heads to say: "At that time, I'll be out." So, in February, they said to themselves: "Well, it doesn't matter. Now, I'll hold out until Christmas or New Year's Eve because I'll spend Christmas or New Year's Eve with my family." So, they were getting ready to go out.