Our practices - our most spiritual practices - are hanging laundry on the line, raising children, building strong relationships, practicing kindness as much as we can, striving for excellence in the workplace, and developing deeper self-knowledge. I wrote The Four Purposes of Life to assist in these endeavors.

Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.

If you face just one opponent, and you doubt yourself, you're out-numbered

Nature and training (in any sport or art) can teach us all the spiritual laws I describe in another book, The Laws of Spirit. But now I'm happy to share these four purposes of life that lend meaning and direction to anyone's life, especially those in transition, going through changes."

There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened.

Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.

When you become fully responisble for your life, you can become fully human; once you become human, you may discover what it mens to be a warrior.