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Do You Believe Your Life Sucks?
Maybe It's Time to Get Out of Your Head
Once upon a time, I believed my life sucked so badly that it could hardly be worth living. In retrospect, what I know now is life is a gift, and accepting the suck is the gateway to salvation of mind, body, and soul.
In a recent interview with Vinney Tolman, a man who was clinically dead, went to heaven, and came back to share his story with millions of us, I was reminded of the purpose of life.
The purpose of life is to love yourself and the gifts you’ve been given and use them to make the world a better place in your special way. It’s to teach us to transcend the suck and learn to live every moment of every day as if life is a classroom, not a courtroom.
Think About What You Think
Who is your harshest critic? Who says the worst imaginable things to you? If you're like everyone I've asked these questions, the answer is, "Nobody."
Edgar Allan Poe once said, “I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.”
