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Guitars, Drums, and Trusting Yourself

“Forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters…”

In the world of inspirational and positive affirmation quotations, we are used to the words of Wayne Dyer, Anthony Robbins, Norman Vincent Peale, and others. One of my favorite inspirational quotes, however, comes from the duo of James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.  Hetfield and Ulrich are better known by their day jobs as lead vocalist and drummer, respectively, of the band Metallica. The above quote is from their 1991 song “Nothing Else Matters”.

Trust is a funny thing.  As kids we learn to trust our parents.  We learn to trust our siblings. We learn to trust our friends.  But at what point do we learn to trust ourselves?

The road to trusting ourselves is sometimes treacherous. Especially if a troll named Insecurity jumps out from behind a tree.  Insecurity is the arch enemy of self trust.

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Nothing Will Ever Make Me Happy

One of the happiest days of my life was when I realized that nothing will ever make me happy.

Nothing.  As in no thing.

Things used to excite me.  I would feel so much better by having things rather than when I was just wanting things.  I have surrounded myself with all sorts of things, all designed to make me happy.  Or at least that’s what I told myself when I bought them.  Somehow I expected the things that I possessed would give me the happiness and joy that I was missing in my life.  How could I be happy with a 32″ TV?  A 54″ TV is 69% larger, and therefore must contain 69% more happiness!  How could anyone be happy using last year’s iPhone?  Driving a two year old car?  You must be miserable!

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