As We Get Deeper, We

Activity Is Not Achievement. It Is Not Enough To Rush About Beginning A Lot Of Things And Keeping Busy. A Well-spent Life Is One That Rounds Out What It Has Begun.

In The Confucian Tradition Is A Simple Formula That Appeals To Me Deeply: 'if There Is Righteousness In The Heart, There Will Be Beauty In The Character. If There Is Beauty In The Character, There Will Be Harmony In The Home. If There Is Harmony In The Home, There Will Be Order In The Nation. If There Is Order In The Nation, There Will Be Peace In The World.' I Urge Everyone To Reflect Deeply On These Words, As Simple As They Are Profound.

My Grandmother Lived In A Universe Filled With Life. It Was Impossible For Her To Conceive Of Any Creature - Even The Smallest Insect, Let Alone A Human Being - As Insignificant. In Every Leaf, Flower, Animal, And Star She Saw An Expression Of A Compassionate Universe, Whose Laws Were Not Competition And Survival Of The Fittest But Cooperation, Artistry And Thrift. . . .

The Things We Think About, Brood On, Dwell On, And Exult Over Influence Our Life In A Thousand Ways. When We Can Actually Choose The Direction Of Our Thoughts Instead Of Just Letting Them Run Along The Grooves Of Conditioned Thinking, We Become The Masters Of Our Own Lives.

I Have Never Been Able To Understand The Compelling Phrase, 'keeping Up With The Joneses.' It Does Not Matter Very Much Whether I Keep Up With Tom Jones Or Anybody Else; What Is Important Is To Keep Up With Myself By Making My Today A Little Better Than My Yesterday.