the well of fortitude...
most of us have very shallow wells of fortitude because our wells don't get refilled with love, or respect, or kindness, or even just a few good IRL frens!
this is why many ldar, they've given up.their wells are dry. they haven't found out how to refill their wells. they are living in a emo desert!
I like to tell Bros, that inertia is what's keeping me alive. I'm simply too gdmf tough minded to quit! that is what my "well of fortitude" is filled with.
grit!
the "well of fortitude" concept is a ancient military concept. what makes one man give up and die, while another man gets up and wins the fight?
"morale."
the tough guy laughs off his pain and moves forward, while the weaker man gives up. he has better morale!
one thing I heard recently from a YouTube guy, "you can take from yourself more than you contain."
for me, this ability is from resilience and determination! it's up to me to do this thing! why? because, NOBODY ELSE WILL!
no one "has my back!" so I watch my own 6! (back) this means to be aware of your own surroundings at all times!
yes, it's fucked up. and very demoralizing! but it is what it is! so I do it... once again, because no one else will.
such horrible knowledge can be a way to refill your well of fortitude!
how you ask? because it works! the knowledge that you WERE NOT CRUSHED (for long) is a point of personal strength! you got up! dusted yourself off and continued...
most of us feel like shit due to lack of external favor. yet, we have immense internal reserves that we can draw from. it's just a matter of digging a bit deeper inside ourselves.
in this world of fake gods and fake copes, we need to take a look inside ourselves to find our value for ourselves.
It's all about accessing you're inner reserve of morale. you may not see it, but it's there! you just have to scratch the crust off...
when you allow others to "get you down," it's like signing over the water rights to you're well of fortitude! it's like giving your will power away. you are letting then beat you.
demoralization is a big thing! look at soc-med! (social media, and before that radio, and TV...) "everyone else is living it up, but not you!" at every turn there's some shit that's designed to make you feel like shit! think of it as a morale siphon sucking you're well of fortitude dry!
you might think this is a cope. and I admit it's kind of mystical. and more than a bit spiritual... but it's really something to consider.
in fact, it's so important of a topic that (unless things changed) it's nearly impossible to find any information on it online! and when I last looked a few mil papers existed and many Catholic papers existed... it's high tier stuff.
most of us don't have, wives or kids or families or communities or gods or external emo boosts to help us over the tall walls of mental doom...
we simply have to poke around in ourselves to find our value TO OURSELVES and boost ourselves that way...
yes, you must pull yourself up by your own bootstraps! it's true... and sometimes just having a POV is enough to want to maintain that POV. you are you and deserve to exist - since you do... but it requires determination and the ability to adapt to reality. once you understand it, it's like a flow. you can become a force of inertia.
I will live as long as I can, because it's what I do. (and I do it for me.)
just a easy way to refill your well of fortitude, is a military secret! (you can withdraw more than you contain!)
who knows how long until we can find local IRL buddies to help us? in the meantime, yoyo. you are on your own.
you are of no use to a future IRL buddy if you let the world crush you!
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