Change Happens When The Pain

We Can All Reduce Our Life To A Description That Makes People Feel Sorry For Ourselves Or We Can Expand Our Life To A Dimension Where We Connect And Give To Others.

Probably The Most Pervasive False Belief Most Of Us Harbor Is The Fallacy That Only Some Superhuman Act Would Have The Power To Turn Our Problems Around. Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth. Life Is Cumulative. Whatever Results We're Experiencing In Our Lives Are The Accumulation Of A Host Of Small Decisions We've Made As Individuals, As A Family, As A Community, As A Society, And As A Species.

I Remember Reading About The Astounding Number Of People In This Country Who Die Within Three Years Of Retiring, Which Proves To Me That If You Lose The Sense That You Are Producing Or Contributing In Some Way, You Literally Lose The Will To Live, And That If You Do Have A Reason To Hang On, You Will.

The Difference Between Acting Badly Or Brilliantly Is Not Based On Your Ability, But On The State Of Your Mind And/or Body In Any Given Moment.

We Live In A Culture That Expects Instantaneous Gratification For Everything, And The Web Has Only Enhanced That In Many Ways. It Empowers In Many Ways, But It Also Makes People Believe 'i Should Have Everything Right Now.'