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So you’re hurting.
Hurting badly.
And it’s tearing you to pieces.
It could be your own fault.
It could be someone else’s fault.
Or just some fucked up circumstances.
But the pain is searing.
It is burning your Soul.
Poisoning your Essence.
Stealing your life.
It’s incredibly difficult to function.
There doesn’t seem to be a reason for anything anymore.
No hope, no happiness, no joy.
Just sorrow and pain.
I’ve been there.
In that dark, grainy and heavy place.
Sinking into the ground.
And in some respects I’m still there.
But what you have to realize is, there’s a choice.
If you still feel something, there’s a choice.
And that choice is within you.
It’s been there your whole life.
For this very moment.
Placed there on purpose.
In Divine foresight.
You can allow the pain, the sorrow, the regret, or the betrayal to consume you.
Or you can take all of those and turn them.
Turn the Pain.
Turn it back, on itself.
This is the choice.
You will use it as fuel.
Use it to focus.
Use it to drive you.
Turn the Pain in to anger.
But then surpass the anger.
To become better than the anger.
Better than the pain.
This is your answer.
This is your payback.
This is your revenge.
This is your reason for being.
You will rise up from the all consuming fire.
Like a Phoenix.
And soar.
To a Higher Realm.
Mightily.
With power, certainty and your own fire.
You will use it, this pain.
Without guilt.
Without remorse.
Use it to become More.
To become Different.
To Evolve.
It’s the only answer.
So you will push back.
And there will be a price to pay.
By, and from you.
For what has happened.
You will use your Soul.
Razor sharp, as a shining, glistening edge.
To cut through the life in front of you.
With Determination.
With Precision.
With Joy.
On anything or anyone that lies in your path.
Because you will not quit.
You will never stop.
Total immersion.
Every Intention.
Every breath.
Is now one.
Is you.
Putting your life on the line.
In total unyielding pursuit.
In total retribution.
To create something good.
From something bad.
When that’s all you can do.
It becomes the only answer.
The only thing.
To make things right.
As right as they can be.
In Defiance.
In Righteous Defiance.
Turn the Pain.
All the Best,
Max Panzer
Max Panzer
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Thanks Max,
Jim
Twittertwatter…lol!
Thanks Jim!
Incredible. Already I’ve returned to this post on two separate occasions, and it’s proven very useful both times.
Thank you Stuart!
Thanks Stuart!
More Max. More.
Thank you Dano!
Thanks Dan!
Damn your content rocks brother. I thought your Twitter was lit, this is on some other shit. Bro keep fucking going.
Thanks Ryan!
Just what I needed to read at this time of my life. Absolutely live this!
Thank you Uche!
Hi Max
Just discovered you on twitter and love your content…thanks!
Do you have a book or product we can buy?
Also, do you have any book reccs on stoicism.
I’d also love to hear more about how to develop your vision vs. mission vs. one thing and how they overlap and interact.
Thanks!
Hello Jon,
I will be coming out with something soon on Gumroad.com. More to come after that.
In terms of Stoicism, I recommend Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
Listen to my ‘One Thing’ podcast for a discussion of One Thing, Vision and Mission.
– Max
Hi Max, I am really enjoying your content on this blog and on your Twitter account, it’s been extremely motivating for me and my life! Thank you!
I wanted to know do you have plans to continue writing new posts? I love your Twitter posts, but posts here have more “meat” and I find myself often revisiting some of the older ones as well.
Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your hard work here.
Hello Marko,
Thank you for the fine compliments! And yes, I will return to publishing here on the blog. I’ve been concentrating on getting over the top on Twitter. Will return to posting here soon.
– Max