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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull
back from life. When we express and feel love, we are open to all that life has to offer
with passion, excitement and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all
our glory and imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our
ability to love others or our true potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better
world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life”.

John Lennon 1940 - 1980

The happiest most successful men and women are aware of the power of their thoughts and
they are very conscious about keeping them positive and constructive. Your mind is such a
powerful tool that you must control it with great discipline for it to consistently move you in the
direction you want to go.

Changing the way you think is not easy. It may be the hardest thing you ever do, but it will be
the most valuable. Once you have made the firm choice to do something more important and
valuable with your life, to achieve your own ideal of personal happiness, you absolutely must go
to work on changing the way you think.

Emotions and the young

Imagine what our school systems would be like if we placed the same degree of importance
emotional well-being as we do on intellectual competency. When we arrive at the stage of
human development when our children understand how to express a full range of emotions
such as fear, anger, peace, sadness, excitement, and joy, they will learn at a much earlier point,
how to express emotional truth, and how to develop good communication skills for healthy
relationships. Our children would be so much better equipped to live full, satisfying lives, rich in
experience with skills to handle the ups and downs that come our way in this life.

Emotional truth is something which is so much lacking in our world. It is very simple and has its
origins in childhood innocence. When it comes from this pure expression, it is immensely
powerful.

Negative emotions

Negative emotions are main cause of unhappiness, underachievement and failure in life. At
their worst, negative emotions adversely affect our physical and mental health. If they are the
cause, then the effects can be seen in ruined relationships destroyed careers and wretched
lives. They are harmful to you and if allowed to thrive, will obstruct your path to happiness.

Nothing is more important than the elimination of your negative emotions. Peace of mind can
only exist in the absence of negative emotions. You can’t be negative and at peace at the
same time, the two conflict.

The deeper studies into this area took us the more surprised we were to discover that most of the
problems experienced in life had their origins in negative emotions of one kind or another. It
became clear if we could find a way to eliminate negative emotions, life could be wonderful.

By failing to eliminate negative emotions, it would prejudice all efforts and kill most of the joy
and pleasure from anything accomplished. Destructive emotions have been responsible for
more grief and pain than we care to admit.