Steve Chandler

Write down 10 things you would do in your life if you had absolutely no fear. Then pick one of them and do it.

Do it badly; do it slowly; do it fearfully; do it any way you have to, but do it.

Not being excited is to have missed the whole point of life.

Listen to the clues. The next time you feel real joy stop and think. Pay attention. Because joy is the universe's way of knocking on your mind's door. Hello in there. Is anyone home? Can I leave a message? Yes? Good I The message is that you are happy and that means that you are in touch with your purpose.

There are many stories and accounts about the winners of lotteries whoare jubilant when they win, but whose lives descend into a nightmareafter acquiring that unearned money. (No challenge, no skill.) Thelottery looks like "the answer" to people because they associate moneywith pleasure. But the true enjoyment of money comes in part from theearning of it, which involves skill and challenge.Watching television is usually done for pleasure. That's why so fewpeople can remember (or make use of) any of the 30 hours of televisionthey have watched in the past week.

Some people us language to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.