Thursday, November 26, 2009

The Art of Living

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

-- Bernard M. Baruch

Naturally, we wish to avoid pain and difficulty, but life experience and a measure of reflection show us that most of what comes our way is beyond our control. We'll never outwit all the possibilities for trouble, even if we live to be 100 years old. We have often failed to learn from trouble because we cast ourselves in the roles of passive men and victims. We pointed outside ourselves and said, "Look at what is happening to poor me!" ...

Note: Cross posted from Recovery Is Sexy.com.

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