If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.
The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment.
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.
The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.
If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.
They establish contact with the subconscious of the consumer below the word level. They do this with visual symbols instead of words. . . They communicate faster. They are more direct. There is no work, no mental effort. Their sole purpose is to create images and moods.
I'm calling my book series the 'with God series. ' And this next 'with God' book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of 'better' on this planet.
Managers are the basic and scarcest resource of any business enterprise.