Belief starts with you. - 11/22/25

It has to start with you. Nobody can give it to you and nobody can take it away. Belief has to start from within. The belief that you're able to build new habits, start exercising, drop the phone addiction, break away from the things that rot us.“The human Will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless soul, Can brew a way to any goal, Through walls of granite intervene.” - James Allen. Create your reality with your thoughts of WHO YOU WANT to be, not of what has happened to you. 

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius. Sitting in the mindset of “I can’t”, “I won't", “why me?”, doesn't get us to our end goal. Our thoughts create our circumstances, once we realize this we can start to create a better place in your head for you to move forward. A basic concept, but a difficult practice to put into play. The stoics taught that you can’t control people, situations, timing, setbacks, or surprises. You are able to control the one thing you always carry with you, your thoughts and the meaning you attach to them. That’s where belief comes in. Build a strong inner world, cement your thinking as clear, positive, and forward, practice unreactive emotions, and ground your values. Belief doesn't come from what happens to you, it comes from what happens in you. 

"If you want something good, get it from yourself." - Epictetus.