So Be Gentle With Yourself; Show Yourself

My Parents Were Only One Part Of My Lineage. I Also Met A Number Of Mentors, One Of Whom I Nicknamed "socrates" After The Ancient Greek, And Wrote About In My First Book, Way Of The Peaceful Warrior. That Book Emerged In 1980, As A Result Of Travels Around The World And Decades Of Preparation, Eventually Leading To 15 Other Books Written Over The Years, Culminating In My Newest Offering, The Four Purposes Of 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

You Can Change Your Life With A Simple Shift Of Attention. But To Make That Simple Shift, You Have To Find Your Heart. It's The Only Way. Accept Yourself, Then Transcend Yourself.

Conscious Evolution Begins As We Take Responsibility For Clearing Our Own Obstructions.

A Warrior Takes Responsibility For His Acts, For The Most Trivial Of Acts. An Average Man Acts Out His Thoughts, And Never Takes Responsibility For What He Does.when We Feel Stuck, Going Nowhere -- Even Starting To Slipbackward -- We May Actually Be Backing Up To Get A Runningstart.