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We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in 2008. Our children helped us celebrate with an all expense paid all arranged vacation In Hawaii.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Scott Peck, now deceased, taught me a great lesson. It was years ago that I read his best-seller, The Road Less Traveled. His opening words were: “Life is difficult.” Well, I already knew that, but I had never thought about it in the way he explained it. He went on to say:
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult---once we truly understand and accept it---then life is no longer difficult. Because once it has been accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
I encourage you to read the rest of what he has to say in this good book. I don’t agree with all of it but most of it is great. This one truth, that life is difficult, helped change my life. It helped me stop acting like life should be easy. It helped me stop moaning and complaining constantly about what should be.
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I have read "The Road Less Traveled" at least twice all the way through and I often pick it up to read certain chapters. I read "Further Along the Road Less Traveled" as well. I like how Scott Peck had the courage to assert that God and spirituality are important, in fact essential to all healing, especially as it concerns the mind and psychology.Other psychologist did not have the courage. I am inspired by your blog today because I have been trying to complain less and be more grateful. I have a circumstance at work that is challenging that goal. Thanks for reminding me that difficulty is precursor to growth, especially spiritual growth.
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