Tag: expectation

Live the present, not the past

July 23, 2021 | 15 comments

Are you living in the present, or in the past? If you’re ever tempted to dwell on events that happened in the past, perhaps entertaining feelings of anger, regret, resentment, or grief about those events, it’s time to start living

Strive for high ideals

May 31, 2021 | 19 comments

“Deducing one’s conclusions as to man from imperfection instead of perfection, one can no more arrive at the true conception or understanding of man, and make himself like it, than the sculptor can perfect his outlines from an imperfect model,

Set high ideals and follow them

May 25, 2021 | 18 comments

If you want to advance, stay healthy, and live free, set high ideals and follow them. From a spiritual point of view, there is no such thing as an ideal that is too high. When I was a piano student,

Keep your gas tank full

May 21, 2021 | 36 comments

If you’re going on a long car trip, it’s wise to fill up your tank with gas before you go lest you run out of gas on the way. Some road trips have frequent gas station stops, and one doesn’t

Set spiritual goals

May 12, 2021 | 19 comments

If you want to be successful in whatever you do, set spiritual goals. Nobody can stop you from reaching your spiritual goals. Material goals may be wrong-headed and lead down a dead-end. But spiritual goals are always attainable. I explain