He said. . .
“Life is like a wild tiger, you can either lay down and let it put its paw on your head, or you can jump on its back and ride.” - Anon
I recently read (sitting in a doctor’s office) an article about therapy and counseling that delved into the following:
* How well do you know yourself?
* You are not on your own!
* Do you find it difficult to ask for what you want and even to recognize and accept your needs in the first place?
We are unique individuals with different strengths, limitations and resources. However we are also social beings bound together by a commonality of issues (relationships, loss, stress, depression, abuse, sexual problems, substance abuse, and social inequality). How defined we come to know our real, inner or true self will help establish a baseline for the “passion” that you speak of in your reading response. My impression of Zander is that life is a continual process to love others and ourselves freely, while being realistic about our strengths and weaknesses, acknowledging and learning from mistakes and having a positive attitude to life.
“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and joyfully being what you are, you fulfill your own abilities and your simple presence can make others happy.”
- Jane Roberts (The Nature of Personal Reality)
I said. . .
Those doctor’s office readings are the best aren’t they? I wonder if we’re more receptive to what we read in that situation because we’re typically anxious and just need to distract ourselves or what? I believe that the Zanders speak Biblical truths and are simply translating them into laymen’s terms. What they speak of is love talk like you mention. This is what the Apostle Paul to a new and misguided Corinthian church:
I Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
If we love others like we should love ourselves, those common issues you speak of are no longer an issue.
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