But when we choose better values, we are able to divert our fucks to something better — toward things that matter, things that improve the state of o… - Mark Manson

You don’t control the outcome, only your effort.
You don’t choose their opinions, only your actions.
You don’t decide whether it hurts, only what it means.

We all get dealt cards. Some of us get better cards than others. And while it’s easy to get hung up on our cards, and feel we got screwed over, the real game lies in the choices we make with those cards, the risks we decide to take, and the consequences we choose to live with.

We all have emotional blind spots. Often they have to do with the emotions that we were taught were inappropriate growing up. It takes years of practice and effort to get good at identifying blind spots in ourselves and then expressing the affected emotions appropriately. But this task is hugely important, and worth the effort.