When you go within what do you find? A sense of peace? Grace? Gratitude? Content? Anger? Hurt? Frustration? Unrest? Master your internal world and forget about the external world for a moment. Master your emotions. Master your mind so that external circumstances become all but irrelevant.

What a way to live life. In control. Not controlling, but at ease with who you are and who you are becoming. Character. A life of strong character. A life that handles adversity with grace. Not a life ruined by circumstances or challenges. Adversity is the way. The path toward growth, expansion, and wisdom.

The way to move forward is to dive within. Set goals. Set a purpose. Live to find peace and joy in the details. Live to love the process – the disciplines to let it all unfold. To allow yourself to become more. To dream. To achieve. To give. To make people and things around you better.