#schaef

Tolerance is a gift of spirituality. Tolerance is not possible when one believes he or she is the only one who is "right."

The tendency to keep intimacy secret is overbearing, there's just no right way to put it. I explain, because deep down I'm paralyzed by fear. It's this uneasiness and dread, of love mostly, and the idea that someone might love me, for good, that keeps me in darkened shackles.

“The Addictive System perceives all people who are truly alive as direct threats to it. Consider what happens in most Addictive System organizations whenever new people are brought in. If they are recent high school or college graduates, they start out bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Then what happens? They are ground down. Their energy, productivity, and readiness to set the world on fire are threatening to those who are operating within the system. So they are ground down, sat on, and forced to fit in - to give up their aliveness. The spoken goal of the organization may be productivity, profit, or service; the unspoken goal is usually to preserve the system and the status quo."

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.

What we perceive as a failure may simply be our inner being's way of telling us that we are ready to move to a new level of growth.

It is possible to be different and still be all right.