Saturday, March 12, 2022

Why Stand Up Straight: Jordan Peterson


 He tries to help people gain self-confidence, positive self-loops, and competence so their lives start to turn around. Here are some inspirational words from his book, PAGE 27, 12 RULES FOR LIFE AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS: "Standing up means voluntarily accepting the burden of Being . . . To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitual order. It means adopting the burden of self-conscious vulnerability, and accepting the end of the unconscious paradise of childhood, where finitude and mortality are only dimly comprehended. It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate  a productive and meaningful reality (it means acting to please God, in the ancient language"

No wonder so many young people, especially boys, learn to grow up and grow into authentic, ethical, mature, competent adults with the aid of this kind, sagacious, well-intentioned man.

 

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