“ Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals. ”
I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.
~ Nathaniel Branden
All positive interactions with other human beings involve, to some degree, the experience of visibility-- that is, the experience of being seen and understood.
Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.
The challenge for people today--and it is not and easy one--is to maintain high personal standards even while feeling that one is living in a moral sewer.