“I learned, however, that the loss of balance is ultimately more painful than the giving up required to maintain balance. It is a lesson I have continually had to relearn. As must everyone, for as we negotiate the curves and corners of our lives, we must continually give up parts of ourselves. The…”Tagged: Life, Learning, Growing Up Digital, Sacrifice
“There is nothing beyond the limits of our vision. If we decide to study something, we can always find the methodology with which to do it.”Tagged: Life, Learning
“Even when we truly understand these matters, the journey of spiritual growth is still so lonely and difficult that we often become discouraged.”Tagged: Life, Learning, Spirituality, Loneliness
“We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.”Tagged: Life, Learning, Confusion, Uncertainty
“Throughout the whole of life one must continue to learn to live,’ said Seneca two millennia ago, ‘and what will amaze you even more, throughout life one must learn to die.”Tagged: Life, Death, Grow, Learning
“Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.”Tagged: Growing Up, Problems, Learning, Discipline
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.”Tagged: Growing Up, Problems, Learning
“All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up–that growing is an ever ongoing process.”Tagged: Life, Growing Up, Learning
“If we know exactly where we’re going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we’ll see along the way, we won’t learn anything.”Tagged: Life, Growth, Learning