A piece of wisdom from
May 30, 2020 · Saturday
The quote
“Keep a cookie jar. Every time you do something hard you did not think you could do, put it in the jar. On the days the new thing seems impossible, reach into the jar. The hand that wrote the cookies is the same hand reaching now.”
— David Goggins · Mental Toughness
The concept
Burnout
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A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Burnout. Recovery from the modern plague, the WHO-recognised condition, the clinical instrument that diagnoses it, and the protocols that actually work.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम॥
“Wherever there is Krishna, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Partha, the wielder of the bow — there will be prosperity, victory, abundance, and sound morality. This is my conviction.”
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