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#200 Praised Be What Hardens!
Inspired by: Friedrich NietzscheFrom: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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"He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!"
~ Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher from Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
In other words, Push yourself! That's when we grow.
Find your edge. And push it.
Embrace the challenges life throws at us.
Rumi says it beautifully: "This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away."
Here's to challenging ourselves and boiling the scum away!
Praised be what hardens!!
Inspired by: Friedrich NietzscheFrom: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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The person who understands Dharma will have the opposite reaction to a "hard" job. That person will be eager to get started, no matter what kind of work is in front of her, because she understands that she's doing God's work. And when you're working for God, nothing is too hard.
~ Russell Simmons
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