Doing More Of What Doesn't Work Doesn't

It Is Impressive To See A Person Who Has Been Battered By Life In Many Ways, Who Is Torn By A Variety Of Unsolved Problems, Who May Be Alienated From Many Aspects Of The Self-but Who Is Still Fighting, Still Struggling, Still Striving To Find The Path To A Fulfilling Existence, Moved By The Wisdom Of Knowing, "i Am More Than My Problems."

To Live Consciously Means To Seek To Be Aware Of Everything That Bears On Our Actions, Purposes, Values, And Goals—to The Best Of Our Ability, Whatever That Ability May Be—and To Behave In Accordance With That Which We See And Know.

Most Of Us Are Taught From An Early Age To Pay Far More Attention To Signals Coming From Other People Than From Within. We Are Encouraged To Ignore Our Own Needs And Wants And To Concentrate On Living Up To Others Expectations.

Living Consciously Reflects The Conviction That Sight Is Preferable To Blindness; That Respecting The Facts Of Reality Is More Satisfying Than Denying Them; That Evasion Does Not Make The Unreal Real Or The Real Unreal; That It Is Better To Correct Your Mistakes That To Pretend They Do Not Exist; And That The More Conscious You Are Of Facts Bearing On Your Life And Goals, The More Wisely And Effectively You Can Act.

The Ultimate Test Of Our Integrity Is Not How We Deal With Those Whom We Agree But How We Deal With Those Who We Do Not Agree.