There is a force that somehow pushes us to choose the more difficult path whereby we can transcend the mire and muck into which we are son often born. Despite all that resists the process, we do become better human beings. The time and the quality of the time that their parents devote to them indicate to children the degree to which they are valued by their parents. By attempting to avoid the responsibility for our own behaviour, we are giving away our power to some other individual or organization. In this way, millions daily attempt to escape from freedom.
All human interactions are opportunities either to learn or to teach.
When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fall to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to experience the joyful sense of rebirth that accompanies the successful transition into greater maturity. The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity. The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth. By their openness, people dedicated to the truth live in the open, and through the exercise of their courage to live in the open, they become free from fear. The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.