Constructive Living (Kolowalu Books (Paperback))

Feelings are uncontrollable directly by the will.

Feelings can be indirectly influenced by behavior

Action—in the present—changes the future. A trip of ten thousand miles starts out with one step, not with a fantasy about travel.

second: Every feeling, however unpleasant, has its uses.

The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible.

That’s the ultimate goal of Constructive Living—to help you do everything well, with full attention.

Discomforting information is only discomforting when it gets through the filters of awareness and pops up in the middle of the spotlight of consciousness. In other words, we only hurt when we notice that we are hurting.

We change only by changing the now. That is all we have to work with. What I do now is me and molds who I will become tomorrow. Make no mistake, there is no other time. The whole rests on what I do now.

The more skill you develop in doing everything well, the more satisfaction and confidence you bring to your life. Whether you are reading, or carrying on a conversation, or making love, or playing tennis, or giving that speech in front of a group, you can be creating who you are and who you will become by doing the activity well, with full attentio

Feelings fade in time unless they are restimulated.