Our lives are filled with paths that we have seduced ourselves into believing are impossible for us to take.
But the reality is that we’ve simply decided it’s not worth the effort, or the fear is too great.
But it’s not impossible.
It’s almost never impossible.
We just don’t care enough, and it’s easier to say it’s impossible because that lets us off the hook.
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.