Learn to be happy! Confidence and Success
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The life of the British musician Rick Allen did not start out tragically. But in 1984, while he was driving his car, another driver began to threaten him on the road. Rick was young, angry and loved racing. So he gets into a car accident and loses his arm. Doctors tell Allen (at age 21) «Forget the drum, thank God you’re alive.» But he did not want to give up music no matter what. Rick was soon fitted with a custom prosthesis to hold the cane. In addition, he learned to use his legs. Since then, he always went barefoot at concerts. Allen returns to the stage as the drum tunes to his liking. Since his return in 1986, he released 8 albums. In 2001, he and his wife founded the Raven Drum Foundation, an organization that promotes healing through active participation in art music therapy. He is one of the TOP drummers on UK Gigwise. Fans call him
«I will never agree to turn back the time I lost my hand. Without him, I wouldn’t know how strong I am,» he says.
I won’t talk about Nick Vujicic, who I think you know better than I do. Now let’s focus on one more special person:
Did you know that the richest man in the world (in 2021) Elon Musk, an American entrepreneur, engineer and billionaire, was very withdrawn as a child? His classmates at school beat him several times in the toilet, abused him and did whatever he wanted. Elon’s peers at school beat him and broke his nose many times. He saw the divorce of his parents due to daily quarrels and fights.
Think once more about your desires, dreams, goals, and plans stored in your soul, heart, and inside (brain). Re-evaluate the arguments you’ve made up, don’t support excuses like «it’s impossible», you’re doing yourself a disservice, destroy their eyes. Revisit the arguments you’ve come up with as to why you can’t make your dreams come true. Realize that these excuses are false. Put them aside and make sure that your wishes come true and realize that their fulfillment depends on your brain alone. remember: The only person holding us together is ourselves. We are the only ones who are turning the face of our dreams and goals. It is we who are tying our fate, limiting our consciousness, creating an artificial handicap. The only obstacle to happiness in both lives is ourselves.
Many years ago, the Viceroy of Naples, the Duke, visited Barcelona, Spain. At that time, there was a galley (a warship or boat in Europe that was rowed by slaves, convicts, or prisoners) in the harbor (a convenient place for ships to stop and come and go by the sea), where the oarsmen (rowers of the boat) were convicts. The duke went on board this galley and went through all the prisoners, asking each about the crimes that had brought him to the galley, and listening to their sad stories.
The first man said that he was only here because the judge had taken bribes from his enemies and sentenced him unjustly. Another, his enemies, said he paid off a witness and gave false testimony against him in court. To the third one, his best friend betrayed him, escaped from justice and sacrificed him for money. Finally the duke listened to the confessor: «Sir, I am here because I deserve it. I wanted to get a lot of money and stole a wallet. I deserve and am ready for what I have to endure.»
The duke was surprised. He turned to the captain of the galley and said, «All these people are innocent and have come here for an unfair trial, but there is one criminal among them. Everyone else is white, innocent, innocent, and this criminal came here with his corruption, so let’s release him as soon as possible before he infects others with his sin.» The person who confessed his guilt and mistake, agreed, was released and pardoned, and those who tried to justify themselves and chose excuses remained in the galley.
This is a story that actually happened, and interestingly, it reflects exactly what is happening in our lives. We make mistakes and instead of admitting the mistake, we spend our whole lives making excuses. We blame others (the environment), the situation, why don’t we say instead:
Is there a book where you are sitting or standing right now, whatever it is? If «yes», if you find it, I have one request for you – pick up the book. It doesn’t matter what the book is about: just pick it up and look at it. Now try to see it from a different point of view than yours. Imagine that this book, which you are holding in your hand, has been washed ashore by the waves of the sea on an unknown island. Do not think that the book is water-water. It is still dry. The inhabitants of this island are intelligent and culturally developed, but they have no idea about the alphabet and letters.
What do they do now? They pick up the book and see the beautifully crafted paper. They look at print and see the complex structure of letters and punctuation. They think it’s a very interesting art form and appreciate the book from that point of view.
Do they understand the book? Will they really benefit from this book? I think not. Of course, the paper and printing marks are only a small shadow of the actual content of the book. And the actual content depends on how well you understand it. The inside of the book is important, not the outside, because the inside of the book is a world full of ideas.
Isn’t it the same in our lives? We look at the paper and ink of life: breathing, eating, working, sleeping. We look at the ordinary scenes of life and say «this is life». It’s like looking at the paper and the labels and saying «this is a book». But our life, like a book, has a meaning, and of course we all know that the purpose of life is not in paper and ink, but in its meaning.
Our life should first of all be meaningful. Take another look at the ink and paper of your life. Today you send the children to school or go to work, which is very good. Without paper and ink, we would not be able to express the idea of the book, try to look beyond the known, surface meaning of everyday little things in your life, understand their real content, otherwise you will not see anything beyond your nose for the rest of your life. Feel the real meaning of what you are doing. Are you dealing with the meaning of life? you came into this world to learn to realize your purpose. every person does not come to this life in vain, a mission is assigned from above, but unfortunately, many people are unable to fulfill their mission and die. destiny is in your brain. You have the right to imagine your brain as paper and write your own destiny. make this your goal. this is your life book.