Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing. Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses. I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming. Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude. Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. Risk! Risk anything! ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Risk! Risk anything! ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternative? What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties. When we can begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change in attitude. |