Shift Often From Openness To Closure.

We Have All Experienced Times When, Instead Of Being Buffeted By Anonymous Forces, We Do Feel In Control Of Our Actions, Masters Of Our Own Fate. On The Rare Occasions That It Happens, We Feel A Sense Of Exhilaration, A Deep Sense Of Enjoyment That Is Long Cherished And That Becomes A Landmark In Memory For What Life Should Be Like.. Moments Like These Are Not The Passive, Receptive, Relaxing Timesthe Best Moments Usually Occur When A Person’s Body Or Mind Is Stretched To Its Limits In A Voluntary Effort To Accomplish Something Difficult And Worthwhile.

Creative Individuals Tend To Be Smart, Yet Also Naive At The Same Time... Creative Individuals Have A Combination Of Playfulness And Discipline, Or Responsibility And Irresponsibility.

Our Jobs Determine To A Large Extent What Our Lives Are Like. Is What You Do For A Living Making You Ill? Does It Keep You From Becoming A More Fully Realized Person? Do You Feel Ashamed Of What You Have To Do At Work? All Too Often, The Answer To Such Questions Is Yes. Yet It Does Not Have To Be Like That. Work Can Be One Of The Most Joyful, Most Fulfilling Aspects Of Life. Whether It Will Be Or Not Depends On The Actions We Collectively Take.

It Is When We Act Freely, For The Sake Of The Action Itself Rather Than For Ulterior Motives, That We Learn To Become More Than What We Were. When We Choose A Goal And Invest Ourselves In It To The Limits Of Concentration, Whatever We Do Will Be Enjoyable. And Once We Have Tasted This Joy, We Will Redouble Our Efforts To Taste It Again. This Is The Way The Self Grows.

As Long As We Respond Predictably To What Feels Good And What Feels Bad, It Is Easy For Others To Exploit Our Preferences For Their Own Ends.