This document provides guidance on how to improve oneself and help oneself from within. It discusses the importance of taking responsibility for one's own growth and development rather than relying on external help. It encourages accepting situations rather than ignoring problems or just complaining, and to view challenges as opportunities to develop new solutions. The document emphasizes developing trust in oneself by being responsible for one's own thoughts and choices.

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Learn to Help Yourself
• The root of all genuine growth
is the individual.
• Help from without is often
enfeebling in its effects
• Help from within invigorates

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• The mind is its own place
and in itself / Can make a
Heaven of Hell, a Hell of
Heaven
- Milton
Remember

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Remember
We are, what we repeatedly
do.
Excellence then is not an act
but a habit
- Aristotle.

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• There is always a rainbow
• It just takes a shower for
us to notice
Remember

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When confronted by life
• Turn a blind eye - ignore the
obvious
• Stay and struggle - complain
or suffer
• Accept it - face up to the fact
that there is a problem

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By ignoring the obvious, we feel…
• We are helpless
• We can’t look after
ourselves
• We are not responsible

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Complaining or suffering:
What it means ?
• We don’t have a choice
• We are a victim of
circumstance
• Nothing changes
• No one cares

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Acceptance: What does it mean ?
• A stand point before a change in
action.
• Letting go of an Agenda.
• Making room for unlimited
possibility.
• An opportunity to make the best
and find the good in anything.

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Necessity is the father of invention.
• What do I need to accept about this
situation?
• What do I most need to learn about
this?
• What perspective am I ignoring?
• What will be the benefit of change?
• What new scheme can I develop to
resolve this problem?
• How can I look after myself better?

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You are the ultimate influence in
your life. Inspire yourself wisely.
• Be aware of how you express
yourself.
• Take responsibility for how you
think.
• Be discerning about what you
listen to.

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We are all victims of other people’s
ideas / perceptions.
• What is right or wrong?
• Who you are?
• How they want you to be?
• Who they want you to become?
• What they expect you to achieve?
• What they believe you should or should not?
• What they believe you can or cannot
achieve?
• What they believe you should know?

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Mind and its funny ways
• Does not always follow your instructions verbatim
• Imagination plays an important and powerful role
in changing state
• We are influenced by the pictures in our minds
• We are not at the mercy of our thoughts
• We can choose how we feel
• Mind and body are inextricably linked.
• This can be powerful resource for healing
• Envious can evoke an experience of a feeling /
emotion / sensation.

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Trust
• trust is
– the antidote to uncertainty
– the ability to doubt fear
– A possibility
– A state of curiosity and openness
– An opportunity
– A belief in oneself
• to diminish fear, develop trust in your
ability to handle anything

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How to incorporate these ideas
• relax
• focus
• be spontaneous
• make your own luck
• be positive
• be aware of your objective
• be responsible
• suspend judgement

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If we did all the
things we are
capable of doing,
we will totally
astonish ourselves.

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Learning is not attained by chance
• it must be sought for with ardour
• and attended to with diligence
–Abigaile Adams - 1780

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• Life has its ups
and downs.
• Love makes it
easier.

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There is never a
darkness so deep
that a candle cannot
illuminate it.