Fear does not hold anyone back. 

Our response to fear holds us back. 

Nature’s final law:

Excellence demands sacrifice. 

We get to choose what we want to be excellent at what we are willing to sacrifice. 

We are driven by desires. 

The desire to eat…

to breathe… 

to be loved…

to be wanted… 

to matter.

Our actions always match our truest desires. 

Faith and Fear often influence our desires. When fear wins, our desires become wrong and hold us back. When faith wins, our desires help us grow. 

No matter how negative our thoughts become, if we stay disconnected from them, we can easily connect to the proper thoughts faster. Then we can adjust, and once we realize we are not our thoughts – but rather are souls with thoughts, then adjusting our thoughts becomes easier. 

The purpose is to seek, to find, and then act on truth, where ever it is found. 

Respect is earned by keeping commitments. 

Real vices don’t get managed or moderated. You control them, or they control you. 

Retreating from the struggle of life often requires us to deny our true selves. Be hasty in taking positive action, and careful when deciding to do nothing. Deeper sorrow and more painful is the road where the obstacles are initially avoided, not out of wisdom, but because of lack of courage. 

Associating with people with differences is needed and wonderful. Associating with people who have different values, end goals, and ambitions is often detrimental to your desired results. Find and connect with those who are different, but in the end, want the same things. 

The deeper we understand someone or something, the more we can influence.