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There Are Two Ways to Live — One Brings Frustration, the Other Fulfillment
Choosing to release control in an anxious, angry, burned-out, and controlling world.
It’s one of the most frustrating things ever.
No matter how hard you try, things don’t work out the way you needed them to. You broke up despite working on the relationship. You lost your job even though you put in too many extra hours to count. Your longtime dream died, and there was nothing you could do to save it.
You’re starting to wonder if your life will ever look anything like you imagined or wanted. You watch helplessly as other people you know get what you wish you had, and you wonder what they’re doing differently.
I have learned there are two ways to approach life.
The first way is closed-handed.
The second way is open-handed.
I do not claim that I invented this concept. But the way you choose has powerful repercussions you can’t even begin to imagine.
The reason living closed-handed makes you miserable
There’s a scene in Avengers: Endgame where the heroes plan an assault on an enemy who just defeated them and erased half of all life…
