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Favour Joseph Adi
Freelance writer and Entrepreneur @ Abuja
Freelance writer and Entrepreneur @ Abuja
We Suffer More In Our Mind Than In Reality
<p>We suffer more in our mind than in reality.</p><p><br/></p><p>Seneca said it thousands of years ago, and it is still true today.</p><p>Think about it. How many nights have you stayed awake crying over something that never even happened?</p><p>You create a story in your head. You imagine them leaving. You imagine yourself failing. You imagine the sickness, the embarrassment, the heartbreak. You play the whole movie in your mind, and you suffer for it as if it is real.</p><p>But when morning comes, nothing happened. The reality is still calm. The room is still quiet. It was only your mind that was storming.</p><p>The truth is, our mind is not always our friend. Sometimes it is a room with no windows. It traps us.</p><p>It tells us "they don't like you" without any proof. It tells us "you will never make it" before we even try. It tells us "you are alone" even when people are right there, waiting to love us.</p><p><br/></p><p>And we believe it.</p><p>We suffer because we believe every thought we think.<span style="background-color: transparent;">But thoughts are not facts.</span></p><p>That person didn't reply? Your mind says "they hate you." But reality might be "they are just busy, tired, overwhelmed."</p><p>You made a mistake? Your mind says "you are a failure." But reality says "you are a human who is still learning."</p><p><br/></p><p>Do you see the difference?</p><p>Life is actually simpler than we make it. Most of our pain is not from what is happening, but from what we think is happening.</p><p>We don't need to stop thinking. We just need to learn to watch our thoughts, not follow them.</p><p>Next time your mind starts to storm, ask yourself gently: "Is this true? Or is this just fear speaking?"</p><p>You will be surprised how many times the answer is fear.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let your mind rest. Not every thought deserves your tears. Not every fear deserves a night of no sleep.</p><p>You have survived 100% of your worst days so far. The reality has always been kinder than the story your mind told you.</p><p>Breathe. The storm is in your head. The pe<span style="background-color: transparent;">ace is still waiting for you outside.</span></p>
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