Personal And Collective Awakening Are One And

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.

Sometimes Sorrow, Sometimes Joy. But Beneath It All Remember The Innate Perfection Of Your Life Unfolding. That Is The Secret Of Unreasonable Happiness.

A Jet Plane Cannot Mow The Lawn, But It Can Fly To Distant Destinations. Don't Worry So Much About What You Can't Do; Just Do What You Can As Only You Can Do It.

Coming To Appreciate Your Worth Can, In Some Cases, Dramatically Improve Your Circumstances By Changing The Choices You Make And The Actions You Take. And As You Begin To Treat Yourself With More Respect, Other People Begin To Do The Same, Since We Subconsciously "train" Others How To Treat Us Through Messages We Send Through Body Language, Tone Of Voice, And Other Subtle Cues And Behaviors. Discovering Your Innate Worth And Living From That Place Allows You To Make More Constructive Choices-to Choose The Higher Roads Of Life

Ultimately, Fear Of Failure Generates A Vicious Circle That Creates What Is Most Feared. To Break This Cycle, You Need To Make Peace With Failure. It Isn't Enough To Merely Tolerate It; You Need To Appreciate The Failure And Use It.