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1.       Observing the lives of people who have mastered adversity, I have repeatly noted that they have defined their visions, established their goals, and, irrespective of obstacles, commited themselves to their achievement. The momet they fixed an objective in their mind and decided to concentrate all their energies on that objective, they began to surmount the most difficult odds. If you acknowledge that your dreams and hopes are worth working for and focus your thoughts on achieving them, your chances of empowering your life will exponentially increase

2.       Why aren’t most people succesful? Because most people do not select and pursue a vision without regard for other objectives. Most people shift from one activity to another without any focused or directed purposed, naively assuming that things will take care of themselves or will be taken care of by others.

3.       It’s important not to delay. Begin this exercise at once. While the thought is fresh in your mind, get a pencil and paper and write down five goals you wish to attain. Develop this habit of writing such thoughts down whenever you have them. Later on, add them to your list of possible goals. In the same way that a foundation must be laid before a building can be built or a course set before a ship can reach its destination, living your vision must begin with the first act. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

4.        Focus on strengths, not on weaknesses. Focus on what you can do. Build your resources. Focus on the aspects of your daily life that you take for granted. You have more potential than you may think.

5.       Opportunities abound around us, and it is up to the individual to take advantage of these opportunities.

6.       By allowing yourself to experience the events of your life without trying to analyze them, you can begin to live in the here and now. Then, you can begin to discover your hidden potential, your special talents and strengths.

7.       You control the direction of your life. Only your self-concept limits you from achieving your fullest capacity. Since changes in behavior generally precede changes in attitude, action directed toward your vision will increase your sense of purpose and belief in the possibility of success.

8.       Focus on one objective at a time. Like a servomechanism, the brain, set on a target, will call into play those dormant creative and spiritual potentialities that will bring you efforts to fruition. In line with the self fulfilling prophecy, your actions will conform to your expectations, thereby tapping more of your true self and bringing about the event. If you believe that you will each your objective, you will continue to work at a task until you have accomplished it and will not give up because of the uncertainty of the result.

9.       How can you keep on target all the time? First, you can think through the steps you will take along the wayto achieving your goal—practicing, so to speak, with your imagination. Since the mind can think of only one thing at a time, this practice planning will reinforce your involvement in your efforts. You can facilitate your day planning by listing on a small 3x5-inch card your vision and the three immediate steps you plan to taketo reach it. Checking this card each day will enable you to visualize your objective and to review the relationship between what you have done each day and your objective.

10.   Delay leads to more delay. Inertia, not lack of information, fosters indecision. Postponement can become habitual and can lead to nonproductivity. It may mean accomodation and revision of programs and schedules, but you must recognize that when you postpone your involvement in something, you will probably never accomplish it and will be left with memories of past wishes rather than past deeds.

11.   The belief that you can’t do something is merely a rationalization for unwillingness to take a risk.

12.   Living by your word means to commit to a vision and then do what s necessary to realize the vision.

13.   How you think will influence characteristics of your life experience. What you adapt to will reflect what you want to adapt to. What you plan to achieve will be mirrored in what you do achieve, in accordance with the self-fulfilling prophecy the people tend  to act to bring about that which they perceive to already exist.

14.   Rodin said, “Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” Even unrewarding, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory experiences scan be profitable, especially if you examine what has happened. The more you know what you did previously, the better you will be able to prepare for future situations.

15.   If you believe you can do something, you will never give up because of obstacles. If you believe you cannot do something, you will be more inclined to give up early.

16.   To earn money you must search for ways to increase your contribution to society. you need only assess the nature of your skills, determine where they are most in demand, and bring your efforts to bear in the situatio where they produce the most good. money will automatically follow.

17.   If you learn the uses of money, you will learn about yourself and about opportunities available in the world.

18.   Nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the sport of archery, where any tension creates by trying to control axiety will be reflected in the tension applied to the bow and arrow at the moment of release. The skilled archer, therefore, allows thoughts to pass through his mind without reacting to them so that they do no interfere with his functioning. The best shots occur when the arrow is released effortlessly so that tension does not deflect it at the moment of release. At the Olympic level, the archer, the bow, the arrow, and the target are fused, and the archer’s mind is “empty” of thoughts that might interfere with the action. In this intense stage of surrendering to the process, the archer may feel at one with his equipment, as if it were an extension of his own neuromuscular system. He allows his fingers to unfold as he releases the bow rather than causing them to unfold. The more he allows events to unfold, the less likely he will be to interfere with the smoothness of the release of the arrow. Since the correct actions have been mentally programmed during practice, they now need only be allowed to function.

19.   To surrender is to learn to “shoot the arrow” without holding on. This means to do what you can ina  given moment and to let go of the result, learning from what you have done and then moving on the next moment. This means to stop trying to redo the past and to stop focusing on what went wrong or what might have happened “if only” something else had happened. Visualize the steps to take and put yourself in a positive frame of mind. Take another shot or swing at the ball. Between actions relax, exhale, clear your mind, and begin to focus on the next action to take in the next moment. You can learn to risk yourself by focusing on the next moment and listening without judgment or a perspective colored by concern for the past or preoccupation with future results.

20.   Whatever you put effort into will result in reward.

21.   We live at a time in history when the world is fast becoming a global village. Nations are dependent on other nations. Communities relate with other communities. No one can be an island unto himself. It is impossible to live in any community without in some groups of people, just as it’s impossible to live in a community without receiving the services of other people. the more you recognize this interdependence, the more you will want to make an active effort to cooperate with others .

22.   Accept others as they are. Don’t expect that they are going to modify themselves to meet your expectations.

23.   If you wish others to respect you, you must show respect for them.

24.   Forgiveness means letting go of the belief that your happiness and peace of mind depend on others or on factors outside yourself and recognizing that the answer ultimately resides within. If you can drop your social-self or ego defense systems and declare forgiveness as a new way of being in the world, you will get in touch with your spiritual center and your capacity to be in the now.

25.   Set aside time to pursue your own objectives. This will give you the strength and capacity to express your uniqueness. Light your own fire. Pursue your own objectives without fear of failure, censure, or criticism. This will free the unique combination of factors that lie burried beneath your social-self. Many of your conflicts may very well be due to the suppression of this inner self.

26.       You will find peace of mind when you determine and act in terms of your own nature and in terms of your vision.

27.       The time you are wasting thinking about yor inadequacy could be spent searching for that vein of gold in your activities and yourself.

28.       When you begin to live in the world through the perspective of a vision, you begin to see new connections and possibilities that call into play new behaviors and new opportunities for expressing yourself. You are able to access the future in a new way by listening to everything as an opportunity related to the vision and are able to find new ways for tapping into your capacity to be fully engaged in the moment before you.

theyvcreation:

かなしくなったときは 海を見にゆく
古本屋のかえりも 海を見にゆく

あなたが病気なら 海を見にゆく
こころ貧しい朝も 海を見にゆく

ああ 海よ
大きな肩とひろい胸よ

どんなつらい朝も どんなむごい夜も
いつかは終わる

人生はいつか終わるが
海だけは終わらないのだ

かなしくなったときは 海を見にゆく

一人ぼっちの夜も 海を見にゆく

Whenever I’m melancholy I go out to watch the sea
Heading home from a used bookstore I go out to watch the sea

Whenever you are sick in bed I go out to watch the sea
On mornings my soul is impoverished I go out to watch the sea

Oh, the sea!
Large shoulders and broad chest!

However cruel the morning, however brutal the night
It will come to an end

All life will someday end
Only the sea will remain

Whenever I’m melancholy I go out to watch the sea

On nights when I’m alone I go out to watch the sea