independence

It's far too easy to get pulled off course, I think.  The myriad moods of the many people we encounter on a daily basis, if allowed to control how we feel in the moment, will keep us unsettled and unfulfilled for most of the day.  It's no fun to live in this kind of turmoil. But the habit is hard to break. For many, it begins in childhood.  Perhaps a very demanding parent prevented you from having an identity that was separate, in some respects, from the family.  What dad believed, every one had to believe. Or you had a teacher or a boss that belittled you fo[...]