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Suffering Is Just About The Easiest Of All Human Activities; Being Happy Is Just About The Hardest. And Happiness Requires, Not Surrender To Guilt, But Emancipation From Guilt.

Living Consciously Reflects The Conviction That Sight Is Preferable To Blindness; That Respecting The Facts Of Reality Is More Satisfying Than Denying Them; That Evasion Does Not Make The Unreal Real Or The Real Unreal; That It Is Better To Correct Your Mistakes That To Pretend They Do Not Exist; And That The More Conscious You Are Of Facts Bearing On Your Life And Goals, The More Wisely And Effectively You Can Act.

A Well-developed Sense Of Self Is A Necessary If Not Sufficient Condition Of Your Well-being. Its Presence Does Not Guarantee Fulfillment, But Its Absence Guarantees Some Measure Of Anxiety, Frustration, Or Despair.

Taking On Responsibilities That Properly Belong To Someone Else Means Behaving Irresponsibly Toward Yourself. You Need To Know Where You End And Someone Else Begins. You Need To Understand Boundaries. You Need To Know What Is And Is Not Up To You, What Is And Is Not In Your Control, What Is And Is Not Your Responsibility.

For The Rational, Psychologically Healthy Man, The Desire For Pleasure Is The Desire To Celebrate His Control Over Reality. For The Neurotic, The Desire For Pleasure Is The Desire To Escape From Reality.