Clearing the Debris with EHPRA v5

[Sky]

One more post here, because it's not time to start my USLM journal yet.

I had a very profound realization this morning that I've been chewing on all day. And I will probably be processing this for some time to come.

Life is not a zero-sum game.

Zero sum thinking looks like this:
"In order for me to gain, someone else has to lose."
Or, at best, "what I gain someone else has to do without."

And the obverse of those:
"What someone else gains, I lose, or at least do without."

And the worst of all,
"I lose, or do without, because someone else gains."

Those are toxic ideas. Each and every one of them. They obstruct wealth. They obstruct healthy relationships. They interfere with forgiveness. They anchor us in a toxic combination of self-pity and false sacrifice.

Gains do not come to anyone at the expense of, harm to, or denial of any good to anyone else. It *can* happen that way, and sometimes does, but it doesn't *have* to. The gains themselves can come to me with no harm to, or denial of good to, any others. And I can further use my gains to do good, to those closest to me and to still others.

This applies to wealth. To healthy relationships. Even to forgiveness. This demolishes self-pity, and makes clear what healthy and necessary sacrifice looks like - an investment in the good of others.

Life is a positive sum game - when you live it that way. Not everyone will benefit equally, but all can benefit. Sadly, some will live a zero sum life because that's all they know.

I'm floored. This reorients my life and thinking completely.

USLM, here I come!

Love the post! Good luck with USLM!