First steps towards personal contentment
(forming a healthy relationship with
the natural world).
1. Seek truth and try relating the truth even
if it is impolite or unpleasant. This
uncomplicates life and allow us to move forward.
2. Deal with problems directly. If a situation
is too painful or complicated do not ignore
it. Face it and schedule your time so it does
not dominate your life.
3. Admit faults and decide how to deal with them.
Avoid guilt or self criticism and turn it into
conscious action even if it is to ignore the
fault.
4. Accept change. We can not control the world
but we can accept our limited ability to influence
it.
5. Accept limitations. We humans are not as powerful
or smart as our literature suggests. We live on a
fragile planet and have a history of making stupid
mistakes.
6. Accept responsibility for our actions and thoughts.
Everything has a consequence even our non-actions.
Every little act will influence our life and others
and should be given consideration. Allowing the
default cultural programming to decide one's actions
and fate is not the optimum way to live.
jeff
