Patience Is Required for Excellence: 02-24-2026

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” —Leo Tolstoy

1. Patience has a strong friend: perseverance.
2. Patience is about waiting in the right manner.
3. Patience is a virtue because it is an act of waiting.
4. Patience is a power because it waits for the real power.
5. Patience is allowing the ingredients to cure and mature.

The Pause That Refreshes: 02-23-2026

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” —Victor Frankl, (debated, but in tune with his ideas)

1. Pause before thinking.
2. Pause before speaking.
3. Pause before answering.
4. Pause before taking action.
5. To pause is to wait, to wait is to honor God (the source), to honor God is to honor yourself.
6. Waiting is the central characteristic of a well-functioning vessel, and pausing is an act of waiting.

Facing Fears Builds Strength: 02-22-2026

1. Facing fears builds courage.
2. Facing fears builds confidence.
3. Facing fears builds compassion.
4. Facing fears builds competence.
5. Facing fears builds consciousness.

5TP From Idealist to Cynic: 02-21-2026

A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist.” —Ashley Williams, a character from the video game Mass Effect.

1. Thesis: Idealist/Utopian/Visionary/Dreamer. Believes in perfect and ideal forms. Sees mostly or only the good potential and positive outcomes.
2. Thesis-Incorporating-Antithesis: Optimist/Hopeful Meliorist/Encourager. Mostly positive, believes things can and likely will improve, but realistically admits some flaws and obstacles will occur.
3. Synthesis: Realist/Neutralist/Balancer/Observer. Sees both sides equally, neither strongly affirms nor denies improvement or perfection, focuses with low valence (acceptance, bare attention, cognitive distancing, defusion, detachment, equanimous observation, objectivity, stoicism).
4. Antithesis-Incorporating-Thesis: Pessimist/Cautious Skeptic/Cautioner. Mostly negative, expects things to stay difficult or worsen, but grudgingly admits that some good elements or small wins can occur.
5. Antithesis: Cynic/Nihilist/Defeatist/Detractor. All-negative, believes perfection is impossible, people and society are fundamentally flawed and corrupt; therefore, no real progress is possible.

• For more information on the Five Thinking Positions (5TP), please read Discovery Demands 5TP.

Freewill Is a Delusion: 02-20-2026

1. Freewill is a contradiction in terms.
2. Will is bound, or it is not will.
3. Will is not free, or it is not will.
4. Will is commitment, not debate.
5. Will is governed by whatever nature it is given to.
6. Before choice comes confusion.
7. Clarity provides choice.
8. Choice binds, or it is not choice.
9. Choice is not free, or it is not choice.

Calm Mind Works Best: 02-19-2026

1. A stormy mind is an erratic mind.
2. Only a calm mind can think clearly.
3. Only a calm mind can think accurately.
4. Only a calm mind can view other perspectives fairly.
5. Only a calm mind can hold competing thoughts at the same time without prejudice.

Alone You Can Share the Most: 02-18-2026

1. God is one.
2. The loner is the stronger.
3. All great artists worked alone.
4. Being alone is a gift few can bear.
5. The higher you rise, the fewer there are.
6. We are all singular and alone at birth and death.
7. If you can stand alone, you can stand for the one: God.
8. A wise man is never more alone than with a crowd of people.

Dancing Is Required: 02-17-2026

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” —Nietzsche

1. If you don’t dance internally, you don’t live internally.
2. You cannot dance with “thou shalt,” and you must dance.
3. David danced with all his might to the Lord in praise and gratitude.
4. Dancing must be ecstatic, free, and playful because it is an expression of life.
5. Dancing tunes you into energy vibrations and helps you surrender to them in all areas of your life.

That Too Is a Gift: 02-16-2026

1. Repeat “That too is a gift” when you perform well.
2. Repeat “That too is a gift” when you find inner peace.
3. Repeat “That too is a gift” when you have done an act of charity.
4. Repeat “That too is a gift” because non-doing (Wu Wei) is a fact.
5. Repeat “That too is a gift” when you are moving in the right direction.
6. Repeat “That too is a gift” until you run out of claims for doing something and the false pride that entails.
7. Repeat “That too is a gift” while you deny the chain of your claims all the way back to the actual doer, God.

Thou Shalt Do Cannot Do: 02-15-2026

1. A people that cannot dance to music is worthless.
2. You can’t sing using “Thou shalt.”
3. You can’t dance using “Thou shalt.”
4. You can’t paint art using “Thou shalt.”
5. You can’t play music using “Thou shalt.”
6. You can only act with thou must as energy, not as thinking.

Thou Shalt Is Thou Won’t: 02-14-2026

1. “Thou shalt” is the eternal enemy because you can never do it.
2. Thou shalt, but thou cannot.
3. Thou shalt, but trying to is sin and failing.
4. Thou shalt, but claiming to is sin and lying.
5. Thou shalt, but appearing to is sin and deceiving.
6. Thou shalt, but pretending to is sin and dishonest.
7. Thou shalt, but becoming it is sin, lying, and stealing.

Stop Your Working on Yourself: 02-13-2026

1. Stop trying to run your heart and failing; turn to God to run your heart.
2. Stop trying to run your soul and failing; turn to God to run your soul.
3. Stop trying to run your mind and failing; turn to God to run your mind.
4. Stop trying to run your feelings and failing; turn to God to run your feelings.
5. Stop trying to run your intentions and failing; turn to God to run your intentions.
6. Stop trying to run your relationships and failing; turn to God to run your relationships.

“Must” Can Help or Harm: 02-12-2026

1. Must can do.
2. A must can defeat a try.
3. A must can defeat a wish.
4. A must can defeat a want.
5. A must can defeat a should.
6. A must can defeat a lazy impulse.
7. A must can also cause negative stress if you have a must for something you cannot do because you do not have or did not get the authority and power you need to do it.

Who Is a Warrior?: 02-11-2026

1. A warrior is reliable unto death.
2. A warrior does not know how to quit.
3. A warrior persists even when it is over.
4. A warrior who would rather die than surrender.
5. A warrior keeps going even when it is impossible.

The Path Must Be Chosen: 02-10-2026

1. Insight and inspiration do not come when you are choosing laziness over work.
2. Insight and inspiration do not come when you are choosing pride over surrender.
3. Insight and inspiration do not come when you choose to avoid and escape rather than face and overcome.
4. Insight and inspiration do not come when you choose denial and suppression over coping and problem-solving.
5. Most claim to want the highest; few take the path of suffering to attain it.

Be True to Yourself: 02-09-2026

1. Don’t change your virtues to fit in with the virtues of a relationship, job, group, or society.
2. Don’t change your natural style to fit into the style of a relationship, job, group, or society.
3. Don’t change your vibrations to fit into the vibrations of a relationship, job, group, or society.
4. Don’t change your character to fit in with the character of a relationship, job, group, or society.
5. If you give up your integrity for a relationship, job, group, or society, you will pay hell to regain it.

Choose Work for the Best Results: 02-08-2026

1. If you don’t make the effort, don’t expect anything.
2. If you talk big without working big, you will get small.
3. If you don’t work for your dreams, your dreams won’t work for you.
4. If you don’t work longer and smarter than others, then you will envy those who do.
5. If you don’t take big risks, you don’t get big rewards. However, most big risks are not worth the price—choose wisely.

Search & Find: 02-07-2026

1. When you search for problems, you find problems.
2. When you search for solutions, you find solutions.
3. When you search for ugliness, you find ugliness.
4. When you search for beauty, you find beauty.
5. When you search for corruption, you find corruption.
6. When you search for good works, you find good works.
7. When you search for the negative, you find the negative.
8. When you search for the positive, you find the positive.
9. You decide what you search for and focus on.
10. You decide what to promote and protect.

Choose Success Or Failure: 02-06-2026

1. If you believe in failure, you will find problems.
2. If you believe in success, you will find solutions.
3. If you believe in failure, you will find excuses.
4. If you believe in success, you will find new information.
5. If you believe in failure, you will find causes, defenses, and justifications for failure.
6. If you believe in success, you will find encouragement, motivation, and new information and skills to keep you going.

Encourage Coping Statements: 02-05-2026

1. A bad experience does not make a bad life or relationship.
2. A step backward does not mean that you cannot take two steps forward next time.
3. A failure does not mean success is impossible; it only means you need to learn new information and skills.
4. Setbacks are part of progress, so if you experience one, encourage yourself to stay on the path and learn more, not quit.
5. Obstacles are often insurmountable until you ask for help, admit shortcomings, admit errors, and learn more information and higher skills.

Dreams Must Involve More: 02-04-2026

1. If your dreams are not plans, they are fantasies.
2. If your dreams don’t involve new habits, they are fantasies.
3. If your dreams do not require daily work, they are fantasies.
4. If your dreams do not cause you to learn new skills, they are fantasies.
5. If your dreams do not involve preparation, research, and study, they are fantasies.

Discomfort Must Not Stop the Good: 02-03-2026

1. If you are uncomfortable doing good, do it anyway.
2. If you are uncomfortable confronting evil, do it anyway.
3. If you are uncomfortable praying in public, do it anyway.
4. If you are uncomfortable speaking the truth, do it anyway.
5. If you are uncomfortable forgiving someone, do it anyway.
6. If you are uncomfortable showing compassion, do it anyway.
7. If you are uncomfortable professing your belief in God, do it anyway.
8. If you are uncomfortable performing an act of kindness, do it anyway.
9. If you are uncomfortable telling someone you love them, do it anyway.
10. If you are uncomfortable praying before you eat at a restaurant, do it anyway.

Some Warning Signs for Choices: 02-02-2026

1. If a choice is too easy, it’s likely wrong.
2. If a choice is difficult, chances are it’s right.
3. If a choice is too comfortable, it’s likely wrong.
4. If a choice is too hard, chances are it’s right.
5. More often than not, the safe choices are the wrong choices.
6. More often than not, the difficult choices are the right choices.
7. More often than not, the convenient choices are the wrong choices.
8. More often than not, the painful choices are the right choices.
9. More often than not, the low-risk choices are the wrong choices.
10. More often than not, the impossible or high-risk choices are the right choices.

Win with God: 02-01-2026

1. When you rely on and stay true to God when God is attacked, you win.
2. When you rely on and stay true to God in a negative situation, you win.
3. When you rely on and stay true to God, no matter the situation, you win.
4. When you rely on and stay true to God even when all desert Him, you win.
5. When you rely on and stay true to God even at the risk of your life or your family’s life, you win.