How to Find Wisdom in the Things You’re Struggling With | Pádraig Ó Tuama

So force yourself into the lessons that only time can tell can be difficult. If somebody has a chronic illness and they've had it for five years, that can be difficult for people around them to know how to speak. But there's something about meeting somebody else who's been through that too, where time has done the work in both of them. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like Garbage In, Garbage Out, or You Are What You Think ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

We tend toward negativity, self-pity. Jealousy or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking.

Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. How they feed their good wolf. I got sober in rooms that run on stories about getting better. Someone said they'd been where I was and then they made it out and that gave me hope.

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