“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~Samuel Beckett
Author Archives: paulmmichaud
Why Doing Hard Things Matters
The main purpose of doing hard things, particularly when you do not need to do hard things, is to teach yourself you can do hard things, when you need to do hard things.
On forgiveness (and self-forgiveness)
“There is a hard law… when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. ”~Alan Paton And it may be useful to remember… sometimes the person you need to forgive is you. “If your compassion does not include yourself… it is incomplete.” ~Jack Kornfield
“In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.” ~Albert Schweitzer
“Curses don’t end…they’re broken.”
https://youtube.com/shorts/Adz_Myjr7kY?si=mmBLe7B9Oa_Xgv7x “Face your pain now or pass it along (even unwittingly) to those you love… just as it was passed on to you.” ~ Terrence Real, I Don’t Want To Talk About It. “The way you treat yourself is ultimately the way you will treat those you love most.” ~Paul Conti, MD “Curses don’t end…they’re...
On self-abandonment…
“We often abandon ourselves in an attempt to prevent other people from abandoning us.” “If you are trying to manage other people’s feelings, you are abandoning your own.” ~Joe Hudson Some problem’s are solution’s to deeper problems… For more on this topic consider the book The Drama of the Gifted Child
Why do you look for a third thing?
“When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top—credit for the good deed or a favor in return?” ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.73 “When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets...
When you see anger… train yourself to look for pain.
https://youtube.com/shorts/R8oqlgWizG8?si=DYXv8hG6PLmI5pUH “Anger is often what pain looks like when it shows itself in public.” – Krista Tippett – Book: I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
Quote and book recommendation…
‘We must understand that justice is not this thing we demand of other people but something we demand of ourselves.” ~Ryan Holiday Book: Right Thing, Right Now, Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds Concept: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Sometimes, the people you always thought would be there won’t…
but also people you never expected to be there will.