Lesson 3-3 Reminder: Procrastination
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Don’t let your hopes fade (video)
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Don’t let your hopes fade.
” Don’t let your hopes to turn into your regrets.” – the Wealthy Gardener
Lesson 3-3 Reminder: Procrastination
Our hopes never die quickly. They just fade into someday.
Someday is an excuse to avoid the immediate discomfort of change. Someday leads to passive inaction, and the regrets of abandoning our hopes are not immediate. But the real cost of procrastination is an unlived life.
Don’t let your hopes to turn into your regrets.
Behind the defining moments of your life, you will surely look back at a decision when you took a risk and walked boldly into uncertainty. You chose to accept whatever trials you had to endure, and you were willing to bet on yourself to handle the adversity. You acted decisively, andyou lived fully.
“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying,” said Pope Paul VI. “Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
Don’t allow your hopes to turn into your worst regrets.
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Don’t let misfortunes become excuses
“Sometimes we must only outlast the season.” – the Wealthy Gardener
LESSON 3-2 REMINDER: CRISIS
Wicked storms and setbacks happen in every life, but the real problem occurs when misfortunes become excuses.
There is no escaping the catastrophes of life, but all storms pass, and we must ultimately move on and regain our chosen direction.
A crisis may affect our courage and drive, may stop our momentum, may challenge our resolve, our confidence and our even our will to win.
But a tragedy is only tragic when it becomes an excuse.
When times are good, we must prepare ourselves for bad times. How do we prepare? One way is to practice stillness in solitude. Another way is to read biographies and learn that even the most enviable lives include suffering.
A Chinese proverb tells us that, “Misfortune comes to all men.” It is no reason to brood, but to prepare. Life will always have its ups and downs.
But our tragedies are only tragic when they become our excuses.
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Don’t let misfortunes become excuses (video with bloopers)
“Sometime we must only endure the season.” – the Wealthy Gardener
Lesson 3-2 Reminder: Crisis
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Expecting Daily Challenges (video)
“A useful life is a challenging life.” – the Wealthy Gardener
Lesson 3-1 Reminder: Challenges
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Expecting Daily Challenges.
“A useful life is a challenging life.” – the Wealthy Gardener
Lesson 3-1 Reminder: Challenges
An unprepared mind invites suffering during the challenges of the day. But a battle-ready attitude leads to composure and poise in turbulent conditions.
Life is hard, and it requires a lot of work. Problems are overcome for a day, but soon replaced with new problems. Life can feel like a series of problems.
So what do you do about it? You can resent your days of struggle, or you can approach your life with a battle-ready attitude.
It’s not problems that cause your suffering, but an unprepared mind that allows the suffering. The person who expects daily challenges will not become overwhelmed. Know that problems await you today––and lean into them.
Leaning into problems means giving hours to them. Problems are no match for impact hours. They always fade with enough time applied to them.
And remember, a life without challenge is a life without contribution.
A useful life surmounts many problems, while the desire for ease causes suffering in your days.
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