- Happiness is found when you stop all your stories.
- Bliss is a state of being in which you have no stories.
- You stop enjoying something as soon as you start hearing stories about it.
- You stop experiencing as soon as you hear a story about what you are experiencing.
- You stop listening as soon as you start hearing stories about what you were listening to.
3D: Daily Dose of Discernment
© 2026 by Kevin Everett FitzMaurice. Daily quotations cover topics crucial to your emotional and behavioral health, including emotional and psychological skills, psychotherapy, psychology, philosophy, spirituality, General Semantics, Eastern psychology and philosophy, meditation, flow, social commentary, responsibility, authenticity, identity, and the self. Visit https://kevinfitzmaurice.com or Amazon and Google Play for Kevin's 74 books in ebook, paperback, hardback, and audiobook formats.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
End Your Stories for Joy: 05-09-2026
Human Nature Is Hopeless: 05-08-2026
- There is no fixing human nature.
- No person has ever been fixed, not even one iota.
- Evil cannot become good without first dying and being remade.
- God cannot fix human nature because it would be a lie, and God cannot lie.
- Repent of your human nature and beware the Pharisees who want to cover your evil with appearances of good.
- The only way for a human to act good is for their human nature to stop being active while good comes through them.
- The only way for a human to become good is for their human nature to die and be remade into good.
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Hearing Is Not Thinking: 05-07-2026
- Hearing requires space, not stories.
- Hearing is what a vessel does, not an ego.
- Hearing requires emptiness, not narratives.
- Hearing requires experiencing, not categorizing.
- Hearing is not a product of activity, but of stillness.
- Hearing is not a product of activity, but of doing nothing.
- Hearing is not a product of noise or thinking, but of silence.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Peace Is Waiting: 05-06-2026
- Peace can only be found within.
- Peace is waiting because it exists permanently.
- You cannot create or develop peace because it is eternal.
- You can live at peace in the world only when you live at peace inside.
- You have nothing to do with there being peace or not, but only with choosing to live in it or not.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Now or Never: 05-05-2026
- The future is built in this minute.
- The progress you make is made only now.
- The time to pray exists only in this moment.
- There is never time to love if you don’t love right now.
- It is never the right time to forgive unless it is always the right time to forgive.
Monday, May 4, 2026
Heart Over Mind: 05-04-2026
- You trust your heart too little and your mind too much.
- Your answers will arrive only when you look for them from your heart, not your mind.
- There are matters where the mind knows best, such concern things, not life or anything of depth.
- The heart tends to advise in a delicate, soft manner that can be easily dismissed, ignored, or missed.
- You should not reject the advice of your heart or mind, but you should give more credence to the advice of your heart.
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Change What You Can—Your Mind: 05-03-2026
- Stop trying to change minds; start changing one mind.
- Stop trying to change life; start changing your mind about life.
- Stop trying to change others; start changing your mind about others.
- Where do your conflicts and stress reside? In your mind. Change your mind about your conflicts and stress, and they lessen or disappear.
- Where does your anxiety and depression reside? In your mind. Change your mind about your anxiety and depression, and they lessen or disappear.
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