When We Feel Stuck, Going

Remember That Life Develops What It Demands - The Toughest Path Creates The Strongest Warrior. Pray Not For A Lighter Load, But For Stronger Shoulders.

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 Haven't Yet Opened Your Heart Fully, To Life, To Each Moment. The Peaceful Warrior's Way Is Not About Invulnerability, But Absolute Vulnerability--to The World, To Life, And To The Presence You Felt. All Along I've Shown You By Example That A Warrior's Life Is Not About Imagined Perfection Or Victory; It Is About Love. Love Is A Warrior's Sword; Wherever It Cuts, It Gives Life, Not Death.

A Flash Of Enlightenment Offers A Preview Of Coming Attractions, But When It Fades, You Will See More Clearly What Separates You From That State - Your Compulsive Habits, Outmoded Beliefs, False Associations, And Other Mental Structures. Just When Our Lives Are Starting To Get Better, We May Feel Like Things Are Getting Worse - Because For The First Time We See Clearly What Needs To Be Done.

Your Greatest Fear Is Death And Your Deepest Craving Is Survival. You Want Forever, You Desire Eternity. In Your Deluded Belief That You Are This 'mind' Or 'spirit' Or 'soul', You Find The Escape Clause In Your Contract With Mortality. Perhaps As 'mind' You Can Wing Free Of The Body When It Dies, Hmm?