There’s a guy who got burnt crisp following a motorcycle accident (cap on the tank came off, spilled gas ignited to melt his hands and face) AND THEN he wound up paralyzed from the waist down after a plane crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nothankyoudonotwant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This selfsame guy had his fingers melted to nubs and his very identity erased but actually said that he has real, genuine happiness in his heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
W Mitchell is a motivational speaker, and in all, total super honesty? I have NOTHING to complain about. A debt monkey the size of a small yacht (and not including mortgage) is NOTHING compared to what this man has been through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talk about perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basically, his motto: It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you do about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mind. Blown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t realize it, but that stoicism \u2026 the philosophy of just let it go, man<\/em> … is somewhat what I\u2019ve been practicing \u2026 Don\u2019t waste time with excitement; just deal with\/in the now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n RUMOR HAS IT: Marcus Aurelius was the most powerful person alive in his time (121 \u2013 180 AD) and used to get up each day with the idea of how he could be a better leader, better ruler, and better person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world needs all of that.\u00a0 Can you imagine?\u00a0 If world leaders looked to the benefit of humankind, rather than the individual benefits that accrue to just a few humans, the world would be a so much different place.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not what happens; your reaction merely confirms who you actually are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess I\u2019m so chill I\u2019m legally dead. I truly do not sweat much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a quarter million-dollar debt monkey doesn\u2019t keep me up nights, not much will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which is a BLESSING. Because money ain\u2019t math, and the system is rigged, and we (the Precariat) were screwed before we even got started. {Matt. 23:2-4<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even better to do something about it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s a guy who got burnt crisp following a motorcycle accident (cap on the tank came off, spilled gas ignited to melt his hands and face) AND THEN he wound up paralyzed from the waist down after a plane crash.\u00a0 Nothankyoudonotwant. This selfsame guy had his fingers melted to nubs and his very identity erased … <\/p>\n