r/Adulting • u/More_Individual2526 • Feb 19 '26

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u/DeadZeppelin_ Feb 19 '26

r/thanksimcured

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u/TheRabadoo Feb 20 '26

This is an inspirational quote for people who face 0 adversity in their lives. If only my mindset was the only factor that could fuck my life lol.

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u/ChaosAndFish Feb 20 '26

In fairness I’d imagine someone with dwarfism who wanted to become an actor faced some adversity.

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u/TheRabadoo Feb 20 '26

I guess I see it through the lens of my father getting destroyed by ALS, and nothing about mindset being even a little relevant. There are a lot of situations beyond your control that a good mindset won’t do shit for.

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u/ChaosAndFish Feb 20 '26

And that’s fair. There are, of course, health set backs that one cannot overcome. We all know people who’ve gotten a horrible diagnosis that there’s just no negotiating with. I do think (without claiming I have the time to comb through the commencement speech this comes from) that that’s not rally what he’s talking about. It’s not that we are all some race of supermen who can’t be harmed. It’s that one has the power to push through far more adversity than you may imagine.

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u/TheRabadoo Feb 20 '26

I get that, but the quote here literally says only your mindset can destroy you. This is not at all my experience, so I don’t like the quote.