TL; DR Perspective is everything. Curiosity is key.
“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.” — Marcel Proust
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” — Dale Carnegie
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking out new landscapes but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” — Khalil Gibran
“Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.” — Tenzin Palmo
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius
Rewire your brain
= Reframe your thinking
= Reprogram your mindset
= Reshape your perspective
The ability to choose one thought over another is superpower—one shift in thought can completely change how we feel.
You can’t change your past, but you can reframe it. Find the lesson in it. Find the opportunity in it. You can’t choose your history, but you can always choose the story you tell about it. Rewrite the story you tell yourself.
It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see that matters.
Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
Go laugh in the places you have cried — change the narrative.
💡 Think Yourself Thin — Believing effort leads to improvement, which increases motivation and drives more effort.
- “I am really anxious.” → “I am experiencing anxiety.”
- You are not your feelings. Just because you’re experiencing anxious feelings doesn’t mean it’s an inherent part of who you are.
- “How hard it is? (這有多難?)” → “How hard can it be? (這能有多難?)”
- “以後不知道該怎麼辦…” → 不知道以後會怎樣耶!
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