We are now physically, politically, and economically one world and nations so interdependent that the absolute national sovereignty of nations is no longer possible.
I may be a mistake maker, but I'm also a mistake breaker.
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy.
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possilble. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.
Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.
I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.
I believe in UFOs, I believe in extraterrestrials, and I believe in angels. And maybe they'll protect all of us.
The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing comes in. Because the traffic jams and crowded aisles and long checkout lines give me time to think, and if I don't make a conscious decision about how to think and what to pay attention to, I'm going to be pissed and miserable every time I have to food-shop, because my natural default-setting is the certainty that situations like this are really all about me, about my hungriness and my fatigue and my desire to just get home.
I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.