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I On Pain and
Suffering
1 No Pain,
No Gain
2 Endure the unendurable; tolerate the intolerable
3 Your pain and suffering is the love of Jesus
(Mother Teresa)
4
Your leprosy is a gift from God (Mother Teresa)
5 Unbearable pain, unforgettable lesson
II On Choices in
Life
1 Do what you hate to do first; the rest comes
easy
2 Always take the harder of two choices
3 If you don’t know what to do, do nothing
4 Get out of your head and heart and tune into your gut
III On Attitudes
1 Don't react, but act
2 KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
3 One day at a time; one thing at a time (Serenity
Prayer)
4 Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall
find (Jesus)
5 Do everything with your heart and soul
6 Live each moment as a gift from the Heavens
IV On Insecurity,
Confidence & Self-Image
1 Insecurity can be the driving force for
excellence
2 Insecurity is normal and natural for humans
3 Self-confidence is often an illusion
4 Self-image is just an image
5 Real confidence comes only from the deepest
faith
V On You vs.
Yourself
1 Keep the focus on yourself
2 Look into yourself before you blame others
3 You are blind about yourself
4 You see your own problems in others better than
in yourself
VI On Relationships
1 You have no control over people, places and
things
2 Your relationships with others mirror your
relationship with yourself
3 People treat you by the way you treat yourself
4 Take care of yourself first before helping
others
4 Birds of a feather flock together
5 Seesaw Principle
6 Rubber Band Principle
VII On
Togetherness & Connections
1 United we stand; divided we fall
2 Together with people, you survive any hardship
3 Humility helps you to reach out fo help
4 Communing Process (H. Kelman)
VIII On Wants
vs. Needs
1 God gives you what you need, not what you want
2 Your "wants" are the barriers for you to go
beyond
3 What you really need will be given to you
4 When God gives you what you need, you may hate it
IX On Being vs.
Doing
1 How you are is far more meaningful than what you
achieve
2 To be or not to be. That is the question.
(Hamlet)
3 Rich inside, poor outside; rich outside, poor
inside
X On Life
1 God gave you life; how to live it is up to you
2 Don't try to understand life; just live it
(Banana Principle)
3 Every day is a good day (a Zen master)
4 Life is a mountain to climb, no matter how hard
or how high
5 A “good life” is often a hard and painful life
6 An “easy life” is mostly for
young souls
XI On Love
1 Tough love is true love; enabling is self-love
2 Tough love is much tougher on yourself
3 God is Love; Love is God
4 Heavenly love shines equally on all beings
5 Even when you hate God, God still loves you
6 Love melts hate as light dispels darkness
7 Love your enemies (Jesus)
XII On God and
the Heavens
1 When your mind opens, you see God everywhere
2 When your heart opens, you feel God within
3 When your soul opens, you become one with God
4 All's right with the World (R. Browning)
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