Thoughts & Productivity - Wednesday Stories - Your Personal Hell
The answer to every trap is found in stories. Because self-help is a fairly new concept — every valuable answer has to be embedded into a story that delivers some golden nugget in the end. So, we (Thoughts & Productivity) set out on a journey to :
And present them in a way that’s actionable for you today. Wednesday Stories — a short 2 min story that aims to spark some interesting ideas in your brain. Every Wednesday, we send a new one to our paid subscribers only. Hello readers! Welcome to another thought-provoking story. For this one to work, you’re going to need a little bit of imagination. Your Personal HellImagine that you keep living your life the way you’re doing right now — years go by and then eventually you die. We know gruesome, but bear with us... Once you’re dead, your soul moves into the afterlife. You meet god and then he asks you —
Heaven? What would you do? How would your soul process this information? Just look around you and realize just how beautiful the earth is. How it is filled with incredible things, people, and experiences. What if this was your opportunity to enjoy this beautiful garden? God follows up with —
You might be in shock to come to the realization that heaven is real and that you’ve lived in it. After mumbling in answer — still in shock from all of this — you get to move on… And this is where things get even more interesting. You’ve met god and now you get to meet the devil. But he looks a lot friendlier than you pictured him. There are no horns, no redskin, no fangs, and he just looks like a regular Joe. He greets you and then he says —
You think to yourself —
So, you beg him to let you go. He laughs, but not in the maniacal way you expected him to. And then he says —
Then you both sit in the chair, he waves his hand and a projection shows up. It’s you, but somehow different. You look happier & healthier, your life is filled with friendship & abundance, so much success, so much love, so much of everything. So, you turn to the devil and ask —
The devil smiles and replies —
You see, this is why it’s called “Your Personal Hell”. Because for the rest of the time, you will exist knowing that you had the opportunity to do all of that, but you chose to settle for less because you were scared of what might happen. You freeze to stone realizing how big of a mistake you’ve made. You wish with all your might that you had the opportunity to do it all over again, but unfortunately, these aren't the rules of the universe. MoralReaders, what we want you to take away from this story is:
Yes, it comes with hardships. Yes, it’ll come with obstacles. And we know it ain’t gonna be a smooth sailing. But what if those are there to help you appreciate the good? To make the most out of this heavenly journey? Would you waste it, or would you do everything in your power to come as close to that ideal version the devil would like to show you?
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