To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them. Hugh Prather More Quotes by Hugh Prather More Quotes From Hugh Prather Today I acknowledge that I am not in position to judge what mistakes anyone is making or what lessons anyone needs to learn. I don’t know how far someone has come or when that person will have a breakthrough, I simply don’t know what other people should be doing. But when I think I do know, I clearly am not doing what I should be doing, which is taking responsibility for my own life. Hugh Prather responsibility mistake thinking Most words evolved as a description of the outside world, hence their inadequacy to describe what is going on inside me. Hugh Prather outside-world description world Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow? Hugh Prather next today thinking When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown. Hugh Prather deep-thought words-of-wisdom mistake I like a man with faults, especially when he knows it. To err is human Hugh Prather faults humans men Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life. Hugh Prather moments suffering loss Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues. Hugh Prather faults acceptance doubt Within me is the potential to commit every evil act I see being committed by other men, and unless I feel this potential, I can at any moment be controlled by these same urges. I am free from these urges only if I recognize when I am feeling them, and while feeling them and acknowledging them to be me, choose not to follow them. Only in this way can I begin to regain the disowned parts of me. And only in this way can I know what it is I am criticizing in others. Hugh Prather evil feelings men Moods should be heard but never danced to. Hugh Prather mental-illness mood depression All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself. Hugh Prather simple complicated made The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look at the obstruction. Hugh Prather letting-go steps firsts We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic. Hugh Prather misunderstood feelings people You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. Hugh Prather immature reason needs One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for. Hugh Prather maturity procrastination taken Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out. Hugh Prather energy matter people 'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine. Hugh Prather faults failure mean My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it. Hugh Prather trouble life If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe water that produced me.What is a wave without water, and what is a mind without God? Hugh Prather ocean mind water Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace. Hugh Prather mixtures victory problem Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly? Hugh Prather boredom looks way
