Often you don’t need to forgive others. You need to not get offended in the first place. It is so much easier to not get offended than to forgive someone. Working on ourselves is easier longterm. 

Faith helps us understand things that we are supposed to know, trust, and do but cannot see, feel, or touch. 

The fastest way to eliminate your enemy is to truly get to know them, get to understand them, focus on their perspective. Once you truly connect in those ways, it is almost impossible for them to remain an enemy. 

Nature is rational.

Humans are part of nature, yet… 

The mind tries to be rational, and sometimes falls short. 

The heart almost always falls short. 

Get in touch with nature, and your ability to create rational feelings (long term thoughts and emotions) improves. 

As we find the flow of nature, the flow of our life smoothes out. 

The road to fulfillment is intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and physical. 

Accept the work required in all four areas and the path becomes clear. 

Once you know what you must do,

doing it is still hard,

but is now a realistic possibility that is full in your control. 

As we choose to connect with others, 

as we choose to respond with virtue, 

as we choose to embrace growth, 

as we choose to give full effort, 

as we choose to love our neighbors, 

the life we create becomes a life worth living. 

 

True adversity always has the potential to be a catalyst for next-level growth, as a stepping stone to a better version of ourselves. It is through struggle that we learn to design, build, and forge our character. As we proactively embrace the pain we are certain to encounter, our learning and development accelerate. 

All mental and emotional turmoil can be eradicated as soon as we decide to let go of that which we cannot control. 

Things are neither good nor bad. 

Humans can choose to be good or bad. 

Humans can choose what to do with things, to determine if they are good or bad. 

What is in our hearts, always comes out. 

I have been doing focused reading on this field since January 2002, and this is what I found — if you truly study the core of history’s most timeless, trusted and tested religions/philosophy’s (Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Stoicism, Adlerian Psychology, etc.)and connect the dots between them, they all show that:

Improving Yourself as an Individual Will Improve Your Community 

&

Improving Your Community Will Improve You 

&

Improving Yourself and Your Community Will Improve Your Life 

(Your family is the community you have the biggest ability to impact)