Is pessimism the best way to stay safe, to hide from the vulnerability of over optimism or over confidence and avoid disappointment? This damages enthusiasm – a high price to pay.
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Book Reference: Personal Insights (P 278)
If initiative is the strength of self confidence, then anything that saps initiative is an enemy, e.g. Welfare benefits, end-time teachings, recalling rebukes that previous initiatives invoked.
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Book Reference: Personal Insights (P 277)
Goal setting is the only antidote to simply drifting along. ‘Opportunity’ thinking is the only antidote to ingrained pessimism.
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Book Reference: Personal Insights (P 276)
There is grace and peace in yielding, that wrestling with every unwanted event of life can never discover.
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Book Reference: Personal Insights (P 275)
A ‘wise one’ looks behind the incidents to see the real issues. A simpleton loses sight of the real causes to focus on trivialities and consequences.
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Book Reference: Personal Insights (P 274)
