When you want to be happy, you will find a way. 

When you want to smile, you will find something to smile about. 

Your attitude and perspective determine your outlook, what you look for, you will find. 

 

Happy Birthday, Martin! Keep smiling, always keep looking for the good!

Finding peace is the most advanced form of living. The best way to have peace is to create space—space between you and your thoughts, space between you and your emotions, space between your thoughts and your actions, space between you and your relationships, space between you and anger, space between you and your desires, space between you and anxiety, space between you and fear. The space between is what is need to embrace the higher peace. 

We were designed and built to serve. Serving other living beings is an essential part of our existence. The more we serve, the more fulfilled we become. 

Asking the right questions means we are already on the right path. 

All progress and learning starts with the desire to grow and find truth. 

Hardwork doesn’t equal perfection. Perfection is a choice and does take hard work, but is not gauranteed. The only way to pursue perfection is to pursue constant improvement. As we search, do, evaluate, and red-do we can take steps everyday that help us get better and better. 

They will talk, if you let them. If given the chance, people will always talk about themselves, let them. The more they talk, the more they will trust you.

Creating problems to be the hero is a cowards apporach. 

Prevent problems, that is what real heroes do. 

All successful communication goes back and forth, there are no one-way streets. Both sides listen, both sides share, everyone works to understand the other. 

Generousity is proven in what you share, how often you share, and sharing more than expected. 

The more someone cares, the more they will share. 

If you want to help someone, prepare first by desiring to understand. 

If you want to help someone, ask questions that are about them and for them.

If you want to help someone, label them as they could be and not as they currently are.