I Have An Almost Religious Zeal... Not

To Rid Yourself Of Old Patterns, Focus All Your Energy Not On Struggling With The Old, But On Building The New.

You Don't Have To Control Your Thoughts; You Just Have To Stop Letting Them Control You.

If There Is A Central Theme To What I Called "a Peaceful Warrior's Approach To Living," And To The Four Purposes Of Life, It Is That There May Be Innumerable Techniques Or Methods One Can Learn (from The Eastern Spiritual Cultures And From The Western Psychological Tradition), But That Above And Beyond All These Technologies Waits The School Of Everyday Life.

The First Step To Change,... Is Accepting Your Reality Right Now. Honoring Your Process. Compassionate Self-awareness Leads To Change; Harsh Self-criticism Only Holds The Pattern In Place, Creating A Stubborn And Defensive Basic Self. Be Gentle With Yourself As You Would With A Child. Be Gentle But Firm. Give Yourself The Space To Grow. But Remember That The Timing Is In God's Hands, Not Yours. Page~147

In Life, Stress Happens When You Resist What Arises.