It’s unacceptable that people say life is short — feels like a long time to hit 18 — but it still feels like you cannot fully throw away that idea of “life is short”.
It’s weird. Sometimes it takes a long time to pass through a single month and sometimes it feels like the whole year takes a few seconds to fly away.
Yes, still life is short but are we saying that just to calm our hearts into thinking that the enjoyable moments in life are fragile and the pain that life brings with it too is dispensable?
This time too shall pass.
This sentence makes an elated soul gloomy and an unhappy heart peaceful.
It gives you resilience disguised as acceptance and peace since mental resilience is synonymous with acceptance.
Life lessons. It makes your soul more aware of how much you can learn, not get disheartened by the inevitable by-products of Life, and helps you affirm any pain is not eternal, and you can change anytime you wish if you are willing to believe.
It lightens your heart and convinces you that you are capable of bigger things in life and lacking nowhere.
Hitting 18 is a milestone, some believe, but it’s just a testimonial to induce faith and strength into our vulnerable souls.
I’ve curated some quotes that changed my life the most.
I hope it resonates.
We are only ever one thought away from peace, love, and joy—which comes from a state of no thought. —Dicken Bettinger
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. —Napoleon Hill
One who looks around him is intelligent. The one who looks within him is wise. —Matshona Dhliwayo
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. —Thich Nhat Hanh
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. —Albert Einstein
That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else. —Charlie Chaplin
Don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you f*cking like something, like it. —Dave Grohl
Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it. —Derek Sivers.
The minute you stop wanting something you get it. —Andy Warhol
As long as you live, keep learning how to live. —Socrates
We are really good at justifying our sins and really bad at justifying our pain, for which the inverse makes a man subdue of suffering and a master at healing. —Jasir Ibrahim (Me)
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. —Johannes Kepler
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. —Carl Jung
Clarifying a truth makes it clearer. Clarifying a rumor makes it the truth. —Joseph Vijay
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be the happiest. —Buddha
Thinking is difficult. That’s why most people judge. —Carl Jung
Pain is neither unbearable nor unending, as long as you keep in mind its limits and don’t magnify them in your imagination. —Marcus Aurelius
Never forget that it takes very little to live a fulfilled and happy life. —Marcus Aurelius.
These are curated from two of my favorite books that changed my life the most: Don’t Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen and Show Your Work by Austin Kleon, and some others I’ve read and heard.
I’ve written an entire post about the quote I’ve articulated by myself.
If you want to read that, click here:
Anyway, I’m now 18. Excited for the rest of my life and what it has to offer.
Share your thoughts in the comments about your learnings or maybe the book that changed your life!
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Jasir Ibrahim