The Courage to be Happy: True Contentment Is In Your Power

by Ichiro Kishimi

Don’t be afraid of other people looking at you, don’t pay attention to other people’s judgement and don’t seek recognition from other people. Just choose the path that is best for you and that you believe in.

There are the following two objectives for behaviour: 1. To be self-reliant 2. To live in harmony with society

And there are the following two objectives for the psychology that supports these behaviours: 1. The consciousness that I have the ability 2. The consciousness that people are my comrades

Not trying to change or manipulate the other person who is right there in front of you. Accepting that person as he is without setting any conditions. There is no greater respect than this. Then, on being accepted by another person ‘as one is’, one is likely to gain a great courage. And respect may also be regarded as the starting point of encouragement.

Place value on the person being that person without pushing your own value system on them. And further, assist in their growth or unfolding. That is precisely what respect is. In the attitude of trying to manipulate or correct another person, there is no respect whatsoever.

‘Seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.’

we do not live in an objective world, but in a subjective world that we have given meaning to. The issue that we must focus on is not how the world is, but how we see the world. And also, we cannot escape our subjectivity.