Bet On It! Food For Thought - 39 - Self-Mastery, Personal Development

Life Is A Never Ending Experiment, Full With Successes, Failures, Pitfalls, Challenges. Which Can Mold You Or Destroy You. You Decide. It Is Yours To Experience.

I Don't Like Ass Kissers, Flag Wavers Or Team Players. I Like People Who Buck The System. Individualists. I Often Warn People: "Somewhere Along The Way, Someone Is Going To Tell You, 'There Is No "I" In Team.' What You Should Tell Them Is, 'Maybe Not. But There Is An "I" In Independence, Individuality & Integrity.- George Carlin

Things You Don't Need To Apologize For. Loving Someone. Saying No. Following Your Dreams. Taking 'Me' Time. Your Priorities. Ending Toxic Relations. Imperfections. Standing Up For Yourself Or Someone Else. Speaking Truthfully.

Your Strength Doesn't Come From Successes. It Comes From Struggles & Hardship, Challenges. Every Experience Prepares You.

Those Who Dream By Day Are Cognizant Of Many Things Which Escape Those Who Dream Only By Night. In Their Gray Visions They Obtain Glimpses Of Eternity, & Thrill, In Waking, To Find That They Have Been Upon The Verge Of The Great Secret. In Snatches, They Learn Something Of The Wisdom Which Is Of Good, & More Of The Mere Knowledge Which Is Of Evil.- Edgar Allan Poe

Be Yourself. Be Humble. Be Friendly. Be Unique. Be Honest. Be Happy. Be Kind. Be True. Be Real. Be You!

Self-Realization Or Self-Awareness Is Not A Destination - It Is A Relentless Experience - It Is A Psychological Process Of Ceaseless Evolution.- Abhijit Naskar

Not Everyone Deserves To Know The Real You. Let Them Criticize Who They Think You Are.

Many Have Expectations Of You. Few Get The Real You. Strange, Maybe I Am. Great Is The Human Who Never Lost Their Childlike Wonder
Everyone Is My Teacher. Some I Seek. Some I Subconsciously Attract. Often I Learn Simply By Observing Others. Some May Be Completely Unaware That I'm Learning From Them, Yet I Bow Deeply In Gratitude.- Eric Allen

It's The Heart Afraid Of Breaking That Never Learns To Dance.- Xiaolu Guo

If You Want To Live At Every Moment As It Presents Itself, You’ve Got To Die To Every Other Moment.- Aldous Huxley

The Most Worthy Of Goals, Meaning, Purpose For All Humanity Is The Self-Realization Of All Their Individual Potentials.

Stress, Anxiety, & Depression Are Caused When We Are Living To Please Others.- Paulo Coelho

A Pivotal Spiritual Attribute Is That Of Self-Mastery The Strength To Place Reason Over Appetite. Self-Mastery Builds A Strong Conscience. & Your Conscience Determines Your Moral Responses In Difficult, Tempting & Trying Situations.- Russell M. Nelson

Before Anything Else, Always Remember: You Have Far Better Things To Do Than Waste Time Beating Yourself Up Over "Societal Standards.- Efrat Cybulkiewicz

Self-mastery calls for thorough familiarity with one's mental & emotional strengths. & it calls for sustaining a commitment to personal growth - the understanding of what makes you tick as an individual - as well as personal development.- Charles Garfield

It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarefied for us to breathe ... The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.- Steven Pressfield

The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery & self-control, & also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.- Stephen Covey

Once you realize that the road is the goal, & that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal but to enjoy its beauty & its wisdom, life ceases to be a task & becomes natural & simple. In itself an ecstasy.- Nisargadatta Maharaj

Maybe the journey isn't about becoming anything. Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.- Paulo Coelho

Don't Wait Until Your Deathbed To Tell People How You Really Feel. Tell Them To Fuck Off Today, Right Now!

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose & direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, & a feeling of responsibility - these three forces are the very nerve of education.- Rudolf Steiner

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of the participant.- Gichin Funakoshi

Strange, Maybe I Am.