The more insecure people feel, the more they focus on material things.

As materialism promises satisfaction but instead yields hollow dissatisfaction it creates more craving.

Gabor Mate

Do People Change More Because of Inspiration or Desperation?

I used to believe change came from inspiration.

A powerful book. A life-changing TED talk. A success story that lights a fire in you. Sounds nice. But I think desperation moves people faster.

One way to resist? Read more, use the library, buy from local bookstores, post reviews, talk about the books you're reading, read banned books. Anything to do with reading, and books, they seem to hate. Stay educated, and continue reading.

Someone being patient with you is one of the softest forms of love.

This world is full of people who are going to target you for anything and everything you do, but you need to stay strong with your values, you have to believe in yourself, never let their words to influence you or reach your mind.

As a man, when you finally make it, leave your hometown, change your environment, because your biggest haters are those who used to know you when you were a nobody.

The secret to being a private person is to overshare dumb shit so people think you are an open book but then not tell them any of the important details of your life

Your own family will talk shit about you when you're in the process of breaking all their generational curses.

This ain't for the weak.

Denzel Washington

The price of loving someone very much is never loving anyone again

Dostoevsky

Don’t be misled by the illusion of wealth. Big houses, fancy cars, designer clothes, and extravagant holidays are NOT true wealth—they’re often just debt. Real wealth lies in freedom, options, time, and health.

Habits do not restrict freedom

They create it. In fact, the people who don't have their habits handled are often the ones with the least amount of freedom. Without good financial habits, you will always be struggling for the next dollar. Without good health habits, you will always seem to be short on energy. If you're always being forced to make decisions about simple tasks—when should I work out, where do I go to write, when do I pay the bills— then you have less time for freedom. It's only by making the fundamentals of life easier that you can create the mental space needed for free thinking and creativity.

Atomic Habits • Chapter 3

Let them go first

Because life is not about who got their own car first, who got their own business first, who got married first, who got pregnant first, or who became successful first. Stop competing with people. Learn to grow in your own journey. Let go of all the pressures, and enjoy the blessings God has prepared for you too. You're blessed especially when you find yourself filled with peace.