Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You

Speed Once you have determined to do something, the less time you allow to elapse until you act, the better. A failed action, done quickly, will improve your confidence more than one done after great procrastination, even if it

You feel truly connected to the world and to a sense of home. New ideas come from being in this place. On the deepest level, this zone is a spiritual place. We meet the spiritual world most immediately through our relationships to others.

Being emotionally independent doesn’t mean you don’t care about others or don’t need them, just that you don’t rely on them to give you things you can only give yourself.

Self-love is the process of accepting the most inferior part of yourself.

If you practice this new philosophy of action, you will begin to feel the value of every action you take. Start with small steps until this philosophy becomes your natural way of functioning. If you stick to it, you will experience an influx of wisdom that will guide you very practically to your next step. The fact that you learn as much from the f

The intelligence of the will leads to a spiritual view of action. Whether we’re in touch with it or not, each of us has a part that wants to ceaselessly move forward and create. This is our immortal part, the higher self. It is connected to a higher life that fills us with wisdom and makes us indifferent to temporary failure. The goal of modern spi

The common objection to sending love to someone you envy is “But I don’t like that person, so how can I send them love?” The answer is that love doesn’t represent your approval of someone else. Love is a higher force that you can teach yourself to generate at will for your own benefit. The tool that allows this is called active love, which we have

Paradoxically, nothing creates more stress than the desire to avoid stress.

Nightly Review Reserve ten minutes before bed to review, in writing, the actions taken during the day and the ones you want to commit to for tomorrow. Anything written down becomes more serious, and you are less likely to lie to yourself about how much you’ve done.