Facts of Life and Principles for Living in Harmony with Natural Laws
3 Life Truths and How to Live According to Reality
DoAnew is a place for self-improvement, encouragement, and support in the face of life's challenges. The following 3 principles serve as reminders of how life really works and how to live with the facts of life. Use these priniciples to help live stronger and more resiliently.
Life is Hard, We're Built for It
We can overcome life's difficulties as we always have. When we face reality, we set ourselves up to live in accordance with the true laws of nature. This is about seeing beyond our intrinsic human biases, pursuing the truth, and accepting difficulties that are a natural part of life.
The Buddha famously said that life is suffering... To exist in this world we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss. That's just nature. Each specific life comes with its own personalized portion of pain.
Our Failures Make Us Better
Life consists of continuous trail and error which is often our best teacher. The lessons we learn help us to correct ourselves and overcome difficulties. Often the more we fail, the more we may succeed. J.K. Rowling hit rock bottom before realizing success with her Harry Potter book series:
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me … I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive.
Change is Constant, Adapt and Adjust
Life is continuously changing even though it is our human nature to resist much of that change. We need to decide what attitudes and beliefs we will adopt in the face of change. Life for all of us is essentially about growth and change as we progress through various stages of life. And this is heart of what DoAnew is: learning to grow in the face of change. Here are some quotes about how to approach change.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Use these principles to help deal with a life more effectively. Self-improvement is a continuous work-in-progress at all stages of life. When we live according to the way life actually works, we set ourselves up to live in harmony with its natural laws to help us live more successfully.
Originally published: September 20, 2023