BecomingABetterMan
New Fapstronaut
It is clear that you have grown a significant amount since your first post, congratulations. Take a moment to appreciate how far you've come and realize that continuing down this path with that same momentum will one day make you unstoppable.
Anger is a powerful tool, it can win you many precious things. But it can also give us tunnel vision, we can be blind to the goodness around us when we are so focused on revenge and living a life to prove others wrong.
At some point you just have to let things go. Would a strong man really dedicate his life to proving an ex wrong? Would he let the wound from a woman become what defines him? I don't think so. Work hard because you want to be a successful provider, work hard because you are driven to achieve and enjoy the hell out of it as selfishly as possible. Don't just work hard because you want to get back at or impress others, otherwise you will live shackled beneath their shadow for the rest of your life.
I look back on the rage I clung to and while I can acknowledge that it propelled me, at some point I must admit that a lot of it was wasted energy, a toxic force that I was self regulating almost masochistically. The world is filled with such hatred, yet there are plenty who never escape their suffering, they wallow in it. Recognise what emotions you need to achieve and nurture them. Our minds are like petri dishes, if we let hatred grow and fester then soon enough we will find it everywhere we look.
I am no expert on this, for a while I have found that the lack of rage made me lethargic and lazy, but slowly I am relearning to work hard from a place of positive energy, of wanting to be a better man. In my eyes things like self-worth are much more detrimental to success than rage, how can a man who must constantly whip himself into a frenzy to get the simplest tasks done ever truly be happy and free?
Just my 2 cents, do whatever you like. Obviously it is one thing to write something down and another to live by it, as long as each day we make steps in the right direction eventually we will get there. Your trauma is much fresher than mine so it will of course not be as easy to shrug off, just promise not to shut yourself off, reach out to overs, learn and grow. Do not decide to live a life of suffering.
Best of luck
Anger is a powerful tool, it can win you many precious things. But it can also give us tunnel vision, we can be blind to the goodness around us when we are so focused on revenge and living a life to prove others wrong.
At some point you just have to let things go. Would a strong man really dedicate his life to proving an ex wrong? Would he let the wound from a woman become what defines him? I don't think so. Work hard because you want to be a successful provider, work hard because you are driven to achieve and enjoy the hell out of it as selfishly as possible. Don't just work hard because you want to get back at or impress others, otherwise you will live shackled beneath their shadow for the rest of your life.
I look back on the rage I clung to and while I can acknowledge that it propelled me, at some point I must admit that a lot of it was wasted energy, a toxic force that I was self regulating almost masochistically. The world is filled with such hatred, yet there are plenty who never escape their suffering, they wallow in it. Recognise what emotions you need to achieve and nurture them. Our minds are like petri dishes, if we let hatred grow and fester then soon enough we will find it everywhere we look.
I am no expert on this, for a while I have found that the lack of rage made me lethargic and lazy, but slowly I am relearning to work hard from a place of positive energy, of wanting to be a better man. In my eyes things like self-worth are much more detrimental to success than rage, how can a man who must constantly whip himself into a frenzy to get the simplest tasks done ever truly be happy and free?
Just my 2 cents, do whatever you like. Obviously it is one thing to write something down and another to live by it, as long as each day we make steps in the right direction eventually we will get there. Your trauma is much fresher than mine so it will of course not be as easy to shrug off, just promise not to shut yourself off, reach out to overs, learn and grow. Do not decide to live a life of suffering.
Best of luck