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The best movie theater in the world is the brain, and you get that when you read a good book.

Ridley Scott

I love crazy people, the kind who madly want to live, madly want to talk, madly want to save themselves, who want to have it all at once, who never yawn and never say platitudes, but always burn, burn, burn!

Jack Kerouac

A world of 100 people

If only 100 people lived on the entire earth, 57 of them would be from Asia, 21 from Europe, 14 from the entire American continent, and 8 from Africa. 52 would be women, 48 would be men, 30 would be white, and 70 would belong to other races. There would be 30 Christians, 23 Muslims, and 47 of other religions. There would be 89 heterosexuals and 11 homosexuals. 6 people would own 59% of all its wealth, all of whom would be North Americans. 80 would live in extreme poverty. 70 could not read, 50 were regularly malnourished. 1 person would die every day, 1 would be born. 1 person would have a college education and only 1 would have a computer.

If you wake up tomorrow morning healthy rather than sick, you are very lucky compared to the million people who won't make it through the week.

If you've never fought in a battle, never suffered the pains of starvation, torture, loneliness and imprisonment, you're lucky compared to the 500 million people who have experienced it all.

If you can practice your religion without the risk of persecution, arrest, torture, and death, your 3 billion contemporaries in the world can't boast the same.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes, and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the world's people. And if you have a bank account, or at least some cash in your wallet, you are one of the 8% of the world's chosen prosperous people.

If your parents are still alive and, moreover, still divorced, you are a rare fortunate person, the likes of which are rare even in Canada and the United States.

If you have read this information on your own, it sets you apart from the 2 billion people of today who can't read.

Life barriers and obstacles, what are they for?

Each person is given a daily portion of energy. It is the first condition of life, and every morning gives us a chance to start all over again, to fulfill what life was gifted to us for. All we have to do is identify our specific goal and start moving toward it. And this is where people often make the mistake of equating life's purpose with life's meaning.

The goal marks the finish line, the end of the road.

And by virtue of this alone cannot have an independent value.

The meaning of life is in movement.

This does not mean that the choice of goal is a secondary task, but it is still not the goal that is dominant in life formula, but the way to this goal with obligatory overcoming of obstacles.

The child is growing, learning the basics of life. The first time to chicken out and step back is a sad experience, but so is the first step forward that a child makes, overcoming his or her own indecision, giving back, coming to someone's rescue, forgiving a guilty friend.

The path of life is never smooth. Life puts external barriers in front of us.

Our inner barriers are the exact repetition of our outer barriers.

Accordingly, when we overcome the external barrier, we also overcome the internal obstacle. At the same time, the more serious the barrier, the higher the grade we receive for overcoming it. In this case, it is not so important who exactly gives the grade - parents, teachers, or peers. Regardless of the circumstances, the main assessment you always give yourself. In this case, both victories and defeats can equally bring dividends. Every failure to pass a barrier causes a repetition of the situation, that is, it requires a kind of re-examination.

Defeats are as necessary to us as victories, because they train the spirit, teach us to mobilize forces, contribute to the development of self-analysis, do not allow us to ascend and relax. Very often our victory lies in the correct understanding of the lessons of defeat.

Say, you have suffered a loss, but realized the reason for their mistakes, comprehended the error and made the appropriate conclusions. In the end, it can no longer be called a defeat, because you emerged from the situation more armed. And on the contrary, an easy, beautiful victory can turn heads and be a precursor to serious errors in the future. Consequently, the result of such a victory is very relative. Therefore, any movement equally involves defeats and victories. It is only necessary to maintain a competent balance, without which self-analysis simply will not provide an objective picture. And if a series of protracted defeats can lead to low self-esteem, then a streak of successes leads to an overestimated self-esteem, which is just as fraught and dangerous. Typically, people experiencing this kind of imbalance ask the following questions:

"Why should I do anything when I'm doing great as it is?"

Or:

"Why do something when nothing is working out anyway?"

If you have either of these questions, hurry up and tell yourself, "Stop!" Both questions are meaningless and harmful, for they are inconsistent with the central tenet of life

Life without movement is impossible, and even when you, tired of struggling, put a cross on yourself, it's only self-deception.

The cross is made by your consciousness, but not by the majesty of Life. It is still feeding you, giving you energy and strength, pulling your hair when it is necessary, tugging and making you "wake up".

Even refusing to move, you are still moving.

A floating person is free to choose his main vector, but even if he stops floating and goes to the bottom, the movement still continues - even if not in the most favorable direction.

Many of us go down in our lifetime, believing that we have cheated fate and avoided multiple obstacles. But they have not!

Fate pursues them even during their "sinking", trying to bring them to their senses by illness, misfortunes and cruel slaps in the face, forcing them to surface and start fighting with the waves of the sea of life. Therein lies the significance of defeats and falls.

We can emerge from the hardest corkscrew with the wisdom of victory, and the most resplendent victory can make our heads spin, bringing us to the ground.

In other words, movement is the stabilizing factor of life.

Without movement there are no victories, but as you strive for them, don't be afraid of defeat. Trying to conquer the height, the jumper knocks down the bar dozens and hundreds of times, but does not stop trying. The weightlifter also approaches the desired weight not at once, gradually increasing the load, undergoing one failure after another. This can be frustrating, but that's the trick - any failure is almost always a test of our strength.

Without setbacks and multiple attempts, there will be no strength or stamina, and if proper stamina is shown, the barrier will sooner or later be taken. It is equally important that, going to the goal, we train the will, steel the spirit, develop tactical abilities. And it is great if, achieving the desired, we are able to pause, reflecting on what has been achieved, marking themselves the next steps.