Radiate an energy of serenity and peace so that you have an uplifting effect on those you come into contact with.

I've been an exercise maniac most of my adult life, running marathons and triathlons, doing that as a regular way of life. I ran eight miles a day, every day for 29 years.

Get your passion on the paper. Detach from the outcome. Forget about whether it's going to get published.

What you think about expands. If your thoughts are centered on what's missing, then what's missing, by definition, will have to expand.

Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross.

The past is a trail you leave behind, much like the wake of a speedboat. That is, it's a vanishing trail temporarily showing you where you were. The wake of a boat doesn't affect it's course-obviously it can't since it appears behind the boat. So consider this image when you exclaim that your past is the reason you aren't moving forward.

People need to learn how to respond to each other's hatreds with love - which is what Jesus taught us, which is what Buddha came here to teach us, which is what Muhammad taught us, which is what all of the great spiritual masters who have ever walked among us who live at those highest energies taught us - responding to force with more force will just create more problems.