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Adjusting Focus

Over the last few days I have had circumstances come up in my professional life and my health which has given me time to meditate and adjust my focus. I have once again been able to reflect on the fact that my disability can play the role of humbling me which is a good thing because I know to achieve at the high level that I want to achieve I need a lot of people's help so I cannot afford to let an unrealistic ego get in the way.

During this time of reflection I have had the honour of being part of another acting project while simultaneously having to deal with minor health issues. This contrast in situations has made me realise that you must go through some adversity before you achieve success.

As an example I was recently anxious about some medical things and to keep myself calm I repeated the mantra: is there anything wrong in this moment? No. Then you're okay. 

And you know what? I was okay.

This experience highlighted to me just how powerful the practice of staying in the present can be.

I have also been using my downtime to study the stoics such as Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. What I have got out of the philosophy of stoicism no matter what happens it is up to you whether or not you see it as good or bad.

So I will distill my river of thoughts into three changes I'm going to make. First I am going to stop trying to achieve everything all at once and just commit to the artistic and speaking projects where I can do the most good.

I am going to simplify everything like the stoics and try to be the most egoless person I can. So as I finish this piece I encourage anyone that reads it to think about what areas of their life they can adjust their focus.

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