Life is an endless flow of events. That’s one of the early fundamental understandings of E+R=O (Event + Response = Outcome). Events never stop.
We are always living through the unfolding events of the day, environment, and era in which we live, none of which we control. When we are gone, events will continue.
Events are indifferent to our opinions of them. Events affect us, but they are unconcerned with our preferences, our expectations, or how prepared we are for them. They just keep coming.
Opinions, preferences, and expectations may be central to your life, but reality doesn’t consider that. Events are what they are and happen as they happen, no matter what opinion you have of them.
The important thing is not your opinion of an event but your response to it. This is a difficult emotional hurdle for some people. Events you prefer and prepare for may be worth understanding, but once actual events unfold, the reality of the event trumps whatever expectations you had.
There is only what happens, not what you expect or prefer to happen. Your responsibility is to respond well and with discipline to whatever happens and not drop your discipline when you don’t like the events you’re experiencing.
The weak and undisciplined person blames and complains when events deviate from their expectations or don’t align with their preferences.
The strong and disciplined person focuses on responding well to events as they are, wasting no energy worrying about events that never happened.
The time is now. Do the work.
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