![]() ![]() And the person who can do this usually enjoys the normal course of everyday life. The mark of a person who is in control of consciousness is the ability to focus attention at will, to be oblivious to distractions, to concentrate for as long as it takes to achieve a goal, and not longer.This ability to persevere despite obstacles and setbacks is the quality people most admire in others, and justly so it is probably the most important trait not only for succeeding in life, but for enjoying it as well.The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile."For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued it must ensue…as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.” - Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning. ![]() People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person.While happiness itself is sought for its own sake, every other goal-health, beauty, money, or power-is valued only because we expect that it will make us happy. ![]()
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