Action—in the present—changes the future. A trip of ten thousand miles starts out with one step, not with a fantasy about travel.

Feelings must be recognized and accepted as they are.

The TōDō Institute allowed the time for writing, reflection, and

Feelings can be indirectly influenced by behavior

The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible.

That’s the ultimate goal of Constructive Living—to help you do everything well, with full attention.

second: Every feeling, however unpleasant, has its uses.

Discomforting information is only discomforting when it gets through the filters of awareness and pops up in the middle of the spotlight of consciousness. In other words, we only hurt when we notice that we are hurting.

The major limitation of active expressive therapies in the West—the ones that attempt to get the patient to relive childhood traumas, to act out childhood impulses and desires—is that it is not “me-then” who is birth-screaming or shouting rage at my father or drinking unlimited malts. It is “me-now.” And the “me-now” can’t see or feel or think as t