I'm in my 50s and I agree with you from somewhere towards the other side of your timeline. I began learning piano only during the pandemic, practice often and plan on getting good before I die, and one of the songs I've been working on coincidentally, is Vienna. I'm still having fun in life, not only learning new things but thinking in new ways that are more broad and optimistic than when I was younger. Physical strength and aesthetics fade, but I'm finding my mind to be a more enjoyable place to live

I would assume it’s because they’re struggling. I wish the best for them!

Then yeah this post doesn’t apply. You can’t even read yet.

Well said, yeah I didn't understand his comment at first. People are very cynical in these wholesome motivating posts, it's kinda frustrating.

But what if you’re like just born

Soooo easy (for me at least) to stray away from the moment, but this is a good reminder

The present is all we have

Another thing I have to focus on being super intentional with

Thanks for this comment 😄

You’re not. The beginning is subconscious, a culmination of events that has led you to who you are today. By the time you decide to work on something, you’re in the middle of it. Not the beginning. Keep going!

Try to find happiness right where you are by paying attention to the moment.

If that means you want work hard now then go for it. Just as long as you remember to stop, look around, and smell the roses every once in a while.

They have no issue with the motivational posts. It’s the comments that try to poke holes in them that they’re frustrated by. I understand that frustration but I don’t think expressing it in such a combative and sarcastic way is going to help anyone.

Yeah that’s a solid point to be more intentional about

When I operate in a vaccum, oblivious to everything outside of my life, it’s always the most peaceful and joyful times

It’s worth it to cultivate that environment and ignore fomo

Thanks for sharing! 🙌

Basil! Is that you!!!

stop putting your self-worth on others. Do YOU, you're the only one who can. There will always be someone bigger, stronger, faster, smarter, richer, etc etc than you, stop wasting time believing you have to be the best at everything, because that is simply not possible.

I’m not sure I understand the point you’re trying to make. Are you referring to comments on other posts that try their hardest to find negative meaning in motivational posts? Because I agree I get annoyed with that. In this sub we should try to approach topics with optimism because optimism is required in instilling continuous motivation. Law of attraction. I’m not sure I agree with your approach here and all your mean sarcastic comments though lol.

Edit: ok I get your point now. Yeah it’s sad how cynical everyone is, but you have to remember a lot of the people in this sub are unmotivated so of course they’ll lean towards cynical responses. Sadly it creates a shitty dichotomy in the sub where posters try to spread motivation and commenters whine about why it won’t work for them. Best to just let them be and try to engage peacefully. We’re all on a different stage in our spiritual journey.

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It makes me think of this quote too:

“Man surprises me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the results being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”—Daila Lama

We can get so frantic about living that we forget to live.

It came from the gutter

Instructions unclear. Brought a Buddhist monk instead of supplies, help.

What's a Zen?

Everything Zen - Bush

:)

What do you mean by cynical garbage, if this motivates people and helps people achieve what they want, what is the issue?

Or someone put it down there. My cousin would get drunk and rip up trees where he went to college and throw them down the drains.

Consider yourself lucky. I work every shift...evenings, mornings, and a midnight... during the course of 5 days. I've done this for numerous years.

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Can you have a mental break somewhere else please?