“The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls of your life are each doorways to awareness. Each offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves as the balancing and growth of your soul.” SoulPainSufferingOpportunityGrowthAwarenessLonelinessOffersIllusionAddictionYour SoulEncountersSeemingDisappointingDoorwaysPitfallsDistressing Author:Gary Zukav
“Nothing of real worth can be obtained without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to the active striving of the will, that encounter with difficulty which he calls effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results apparently impracticable are then made possible.” MenMadeRealGrowthResultsEffortDifficultyStriveActiveEncountersCourageousAstonishingWorking Man Author:Samuel Smiles
“Imperialism, or the conquest and colonization of other populations, other peoples, has had as one of its side effects the growth of a discourse of objectivity. That is, when you encounter something new, something strange, something different, you have to find categories for it, you have to come to terms with new objects.” DifferentSidesGrowthTermEffectsObjectsStrangePopulationEncountersSomething NewCategoriesDiscourseImperialismConquestObjectivityColonizationSide Effects Author:W. J. T. Mitchell
“One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.” YearsOpportunityUnderstandingGrowthChallengesOne ThingPlanetsEncountersI Have Learned Author:Bryan Kest