Australian driver Will Power says Team Penske is ready to move forward from the scandal that led to the firing of three senior executives just days before Sunday's Indianapolis 500. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/05/23/more-sports/team-penske-indy-500-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #willpower #indianapolis500 #teampenske
Just as with health of the body, you also need to #train your #mind and #willpower deliberately. This includes training in concentrated work, #conscious observation of rising thoughts and #emotions combined with the selection of good and positive ones, mental discipline of saying no to unwanted desires or ideas, or periods of silence. We have little control over what we encounter, but we have complete control over how we react to it.
These are #exercises that should find their place in #schools.
Put yourself out there with the help of a Golden Mica Tower. Its bold glittering golden striations can help bring out your inner warrior and give you the self-confidence to take on the world.
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#Mica #Confidence #Spirituality #Evolution #Courage #Willpower #Crystal #Mineral #Gemstone #Magick
The mind commands the body and the body obeys. The mind commands itself and finds resistance.
-- Saint Augustine
Why #BadHabits Stick (and How to Finally #BreakFree)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXY-l1EnhQ
Bad #habits feel hard to break because they’re wired into the #brain’s reward and #identity systems. This video explains why #willpower isn’t enough—and what actually works. Learn practical strategies to interrupt #patterns, shift your #mindset, and build lasting change.
The mind commands the body and the body obeys. The mind commands itself and finds resistance.
-- Saint Augustine
About health, mental, physical, and resilience/willpower development.
"O you who have believed, fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you that you may attain taqwa (God-consciousness)."
Qur’an 2:183
Ramadan Mubarek!
Injecting some beauty into the feed from BedStuy Walls Mural Festival NYC via streetartnyc(.)org
~ Sōwilō ~
This rune can sometimes mean that you need to put forth just a little more effort in order to dig yourself out of the rut you find yourself in. It encourages strength and willpower, fostering hope that better times are ahead.
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#Sun #Sowilo #Victory #Willpower #Success #Hope #Authenticity #Norse #Rune #Divination
A quotation from Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give way before it soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the sea seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author and poet.
“Will,” Maurine and Other Poems (1888)
Sourcing / notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…
A quotation from Bible, vol. 2, New Testament:
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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
[τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.]
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bible-nt/25155/
So I've been working on two things lately: 1) Getting quality sleep and 2) Curbing a few compulsive behaviors that aren't doing me any favors. (Don't worry, nothing serious.) And when you're trying to stop bad habits and start new ones, I'm realizing that sliding back into your old ones can happen quite insidiously. So, you know, that kind of sucks.
#mentalhealth #willpower #selfcare #habits #change #health
For the second time this week I managed 6.30am #gym then walked straight past the #cake shop without going in. #willpower
A quotation from Catullus:
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‘Tis hard to end a years-long love to-day;
‘Tis hard, achieve it then as best you may;
This victory win, this only safety trust,
Say not you cannot or you can — you must.
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/catullus/73224/
Would you believe I bought two boxes of Halloween candy a week ago and haven’t eaten any of it? #willpower
Explore Zhi — The Willpower, the fifth Shen in Chinese Medicine, where the kidneys serve as the foundation for willpower and memory! 
#Daoism #Zhi #ChineseMedicine #Willpower #Wellness https://www.sage.blue/zhi/
A quotation from Billings, Josh:
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A phool seems tew be a person who haz more will than judgment, and more vanity than either.
[A fool seems to be a person who has more will than judgment, and more vanity than either.]
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/billings-josh/72466/
“For kids like me, the part of the brain that deals with stress and conflict is always activated — the switch flipped indefinitely.”
'The venture capital firm [that J. D. Vance started, Narya,] invests in companies that aim to monetize Catholic prayer, obstruct environmentally conscious equities trading, further militarize outer space, and consolidate agricultural production, squeezing out the country’s remaining small farmers.
'Vance can’t be sated. During 2022’s campaign, to the horror of centrists and liberals who’d been gulled by his earlier Never Trump shtick, it became clear that there was effectively nothing he wouldn’t say or do — to win, certainly, but also for some purpose more libidinal and obscure.'
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-45/politics/j-d-vance-changes-the-subject-2/
