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Random Describe your nonstruggle in five words (more or less)

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Whether through Buddhism, Taoism. Stoicism, AA, NA, or any of a hundred other schools of thought (or combinations thereof), many of us have found serenity not by struggling but by surrendering. I don't mean surrender in the sense of "giving up" in utter despair. I mean accepting reality and making the best of it by knowing what you can control and what you cannot.

I fully recognize that some people have life-or-death struggles on a daily basis. But I reckon that 99% of the people who have access to these words are struggling in ways that are unproductive, unnecessary, and often self-defeating.
I know that for decades I did exactly that.

Generally, I don't struggle much anymore. My life is nowhere near perfect, but it's a helluva lot more bearable.

So how about you?
In one word, three words, thirteen words, Haiku, limerick, sonnet, or however the fuck you want, how do you not struggle?
Be as concise as possible, but there are NO rules.

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It is what it is.
Abandon hope.
Live today.
All one.
Breathe.
 
I can’t figure out exactly what you’re taking about. Like I’ve found glimpses of it and I see that all these techniques you mentioned work….but I’m so stuck in struggling against life as I have even since I was a child that I worry I can’t figure out what you’re talking about…my mental wellbeing seems too tied to my life events
 
Decline. No Progression.
Iron Claw says: have em by the Balls.
Hit em with what can t Hurt. Artistic Expression.

[thought 5 was max/ selective reading]

"It is what it is", that s Amen right ?
"All one, Breathe. " reminds of All Breath, as One,
is possible been there witnissed it.

Very non -dual. Nice.
 
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Sometimes I get upset because Life is unfair and makes no sense. Then I remind myself that if Life was fair and always made sense, I'd have died many years ago.





...or that other time.




...or that other time.





...or that other time....
 
I've come to appreciate the fact that anything more than my basic needs is a luxury.
Look at me! Earning an income barely above the "poverty line," yet I live in luxury.
Wait till there a power blackout in the morning. Barely above the minimum me.
So get all the benefits of a minima, but no electricity. No internet.
Internet and Weed are, well became basic needs. Can t be missed !

Well 3 days ago my heater became unnecessary luckily,
but the real torture during the power out, the most high luxury.
No internet/ no Bluelight, no morning routine, that went downhill fast.

Getting baked :weedleaf: didn t help [lucky i still have Gas] for Coffee/ Tea.
 
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.

-- Mark Twain, Puddin'head Wilson's Calendar




PS-- In older houses, there were typically 12 to 15 steps between floors. Who knew that Twain was the original 12-Stepper?
 
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i get kicks out of doing stuff.
whats the reward in doing nothing, other than getting some rest every now and then?
I love doing stuff and learning new things.

But for a long time I had obsessive thoughts and emotions-- regretting mistakes in the past and fearing the uncertainty of the future.
This caused me general dissatisfaction and a tendency to ignore or be unable to appreciate simple pleasures in the here & now.

This thread is about escaping that nonsense.
 
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