Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great

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Having a mission is different. It’s something for life. It will help you overcome your daily battles and navigate you along the way. For years, I assumed the old woman must have had the ultimate experience at the top of that mountain. She’d achieved enlightenment, divine union, satori—whatever you want to call it—and was completely liberated from pain and suffering. From that point forward, life was total bliss, so why not chop wood and carry water?

Actor Jim Carrey once said, “I wish everyone could get rich and famous and everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that’s not the answer.” Mike PosnerBefore Enlightenment, you hate your life. You chop wood and carry water, but secretly wish to get out of it all. You bear with these activities through habit and out of hopelessness, but you really wish you could do something else. In a way, you are a victim, a slave - the wood chops you and the water carries you, and there is no way to escape. This could go for eternity, it is like living in eternal hell. Again if we talk about chopping wood and carrying water every day, these tasks appear easy at first, but they are essential to progress. Lesson #8: Write Your Worth Statement

Live by your principles: Feelings change constantly. Relying on them to do things is usually a bad idea. Principles, however, are here to stay. If you write only when you feel like writing, you’ll write twice a month probably. In contrast, if you have a principle to write every-single-day, you’ll do it regardless of how you feel. Set principles for work and for life and live according to them. You need to be aware of this feeling because no matter what you’re doing, you’ll surely meet this insidious force along the way. And, undoubtedly, it will try to sabotage your project.Results vary depending on starting point, goals and effort. Exercise and proper diet are necessary to achieve and maintain weight loss and muscle definition. The testimonials featured may have used more than one Beachbody product or extended the program to achieve their maximum results. On the surface, the visible, external actions of chopping wood and carrying water are the same before and after enlightenment. So, what’s changed?

Through simple actions, the mind can learn and gain deeper insights and values. While your body does something that may seem insignificant, you can program your mind with a revelation of great significance. Based on the calendar you choose, the program will take 4–5 weeks. Choose the option that works for you and go at your own pace.He replied every day all I do is chop wood and carry water. I want to learn. I want to understand things. I want to be great one day, like you. It does little good to attain clarity of mind on your meditation cushion if you lose it as soon as you become active.” 6