What A Man Can Be, He Must

We Fear Our Highest Possibilities. We Are Generally Afraid To Become That Which We Can Glimpse In Our Most Perfect Moments, Under Conditions Of Great Courage. We Enjoy And Even Thrill To Godlike Possibilities We See In Ourselves In Such Peak Moments. And Yet We Simultaneously Shiver With Weakness, Awe, And Fear Before These Very Same Possibilities.

Laugh At What You Hold Sacred, And Still Hold It Sacred.

A Positive Self Image And Healthy Self Esteem Is Based On Approval, Acceptance And Recognition From Others; But Also Upon Actual Accomplishments, Achievements And Success Upon The Realistic Self Confidence Which Ensues.

Become Aware Of Internal, Subjective, Subverbal Experiences, So That These Experiences Can Be Brought Into The World Of Abstraction, Of Conversation, Of Naming, Etc. With The Consequence That It Immediately Becomes Possible For A Certain Amount Of Control To Be Exerted Over These Hitherto Unconscious And Uncontrollable Processes.

I May Say That B-love, In A Profound But Testable Sense, Creates The Partner. It Gives Him A Self-image, It Gives Him Self- Acceptance, A Feeling Of Love-worthiness, All Of Which Permit Him To Grow. It Is A Real Question Whether The Full Development Of The Human Being Is Possible Without It.