An Unlived Life

I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loose my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.



I choose to risk my significance to live; so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says: "This is real me" and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

Your Next Disappointment

Eagerly anticipate your next disappointment, because it will bring you that much closer to reaching your ultimate goal. If you're not experiencing disappointment, you're not attempting anything of consequence. Success is a matter of overcoming the obstacles, so get busy and find those obstacles.

There are a multitude of struggles, disappointments, and risks that are situated between you and your goal. If they didn't exist, you would already have reached the goal. The joy of achievement comes when you find the strength within yourself to work through the challenges.

Anything worth achieving takes effort. Anything worth achieving presents its own set of difficulties. The greater the obstacles, the greater the accomplishment.

What's your next disappointment? Find it, work through it, learn and grow. That's the essence of success.