“The strongest help you will ever have comes from within you.” The meaning of this quote is that your best version is your biggest ally (An ally is someone who helps and supports us, especially when everyone else leaves our side.) So, your best version is your greatest support. Your best version is your ideal or idol self. For example, in the movie Fight Club , the hero lives a typical 9–5 job life and is extremely stressed, anxious, and depressed. On the other hand, there is his ideal self—free from the world’s pressures, confident, courageous, and completely different from his current self. And this is a very good thing to have, because your best version shows you the right direction. “You don’t need to search outside for any support — you already have it inside you.” Qualities of your best self: Acts with confidence, discipline, and self-belief Chooses growth over comfort Stays calm instead of reacting emotionally Keeps going even when things feel hard Now, how can we apply th...
An eraser is both a humble helper and a force to be reckoned with. It gently fixes our mistakes, but in careless hands, it can wipe away even our brightest creations. That is why we must wield it with care. Since we are reflecting on erasers , here is a thought to ponder: when you wish to fix a past mistake, you must be willing to release a piece of yourself, whether it is pride , attachment , or desire . You can continue to write your whole life only after letting go of your bad parts, just as an eraser sheds pieces of itself to remove mistakes from the past. And if you don’t want to correct your mistake because you fear that you will lose something, then you will never get anything. So it’s good to let go of something if you want to truly gain anything meaningful (and I am not talking about material th ings).