What Are The Only 2 Things You Can Break In Life?
Motivational Thoughts To Change Your Life
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Don’t Break A Promise
Don’t Break A Relationship
Break A Routine………
There is a Chinese idiom, “人非圣贤孰能无过” (ren fei sheng xian shu neng wu guo), which simply means “To err is human as we are no sage".
How many of us have not broken a piece of porcelain or to another extent a promise or even a relationship in our lives? I couldn’t have imagined if there is any person who has been perfect in life and has not made a blunder.
Nonetheless, pause for this moment of lament or remorse as there could have “a rainbow over at the other end of the sky”; For all the things we couldn’t break, we can break a routine.
Personally, I am a person who is kind of stuck in the mud when it comes to exercise. Getting out of bed at an early hour and shower me under the sun doing exercise means a great deal of effort and of course, you can imagine…………what’s next; my head and butt will still stick under the blanket if it’s a time to do exercise.
Well, that’s why I try to encourage myself by sharing this and hopefully motivate whoever reads this right here.
Why breaking a routine can be life-changing
- Break a routine to create self-awareness
Sitting for extended hours can gradually lead to spondylosis. I believe that many, especially those office dwellers who are constantly rushing to complete their day’s work never ever realize that they might have spent too many hours in front of their desk staring at the screen.
According to a study at physio pedia,
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Lumbar_Spondylosis
Of the 27-37% of the asymptomatic lower back pain population, e.g. In the United States, 3% of individuals aged 20-29 years and rising to more than 80% of individuals older than 40 years have lumbar spondylosis.
Thus, little habits can become a routine and a routine may become regrets. The impact only becomes obvious at a later time.
Another significant indication where routines are being disrupted is the work from home or work remotely norms which surfaced during this period of lockdown or circuit breaker.
As working couples who are used to their routine of who gets the house chores done could be faced with tension when the two happened to share the same space at the same time. So, the question comes ……” Who is going to bring the little kids to school later ?”
In the above, a routine is broken not by choice but rather under unforeseen circumstances. Though this created some inconvenience it’s however a time for husbands and wives to realize each party’s commitment in the past and be self-aware of how much further contribution can each make to ease the burden of the other party. A growing relationship will thus begin.
- Break a routine to rejuvenate
The mundane office work never leaves space for an individual to inject new inspirations, relax the body and mind of a person’s life. Thus, many who used to book holidays at year-end now become sedent due to COVID-19 lockdown.
Changing a routine here doesn’t mean you couldn’t change your schedule, venue, and place. Therefore, we can start at small steps to explore nature around us instead of forking our pocket money for expensive travels. The ultimate goal is to create a space to rejuvenate.
The routine break here suggests positive changes. Just as with practicing Ayurveda: the journey to discover self-awareness and rejuvenate the body and mind for healing and power, a simple routine break does the same magic. This routine break could also include breaking a fast, that’s how breakfast came into use.
Don’t Break A Rule
Don’t Break A Law
Break A Record……..
Children are told to abide by rules in school. As they grow older, obeying the law becomes innate to their cognitive thinking. Unfortunately, of all the things that are told, most of them are also being coerced into obtaining good grades from demanding parents, each time a higher score than the last.
This repetitive record-breaking compulsion isn’t what I want to promote today, rather I am encouraging positive change.
A record-breaker often faced a lot of tensions, e.g. an athlete breaking swimming records, a sales guy hitting his KPI for the month. While it’s good to stay competitive, the undesirable effects are often neglected.
- Break a record for self-improvement and self-confidence
Humans are constantly challenging themselves to the peak. However, we want to break a record because we need a benchmark to assess an improvement.
For there is a saying, “一山还有一山高” （yi shan hai you yi shan gao), i.e. There isn’t a mountain that is the tallest; it’s an analogy to mean there isn’t anyone who is invincible as there will always be a stronger opponent in the field.
Therefore, it is the process that is more crucial than actually obtaining the results, and competition with others without a rational objective defeats the purpose.
I believe, be it motivation, fame satisfaction, or self-confidence, breaking a record should be taken small patience steps at a time without inflicting injury to one’s body or mind. The end result should be something to be celebrative and proud of instead of a “die-hard" sacrifice.
