assume we know how the story ends. Certainty is the enemy of growth. - Mark Manson

Certainty is the enemy of growth.

Our most radical changes in perspective often happen at the tail end of our worst moments.

It’s only when we feel intense pain that we’re willing to look at our values and question why they seem to be failing us.

The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.

when it comes down to it, if you feel crappy it’s because your brain is telling you that there’s a problem that’s unaddressed or unresolved. In other words, negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive emotions, on the other hand, are rewards for taking the proper action.