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Peter McWilliams
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. Acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.
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Peter McWilliams, Life 101
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.
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