Daily sacrifices are required to build a good life. Most people are at the point in their life where they are entering a new phase. An old door is closing, while a new one may be opening.

Perhaps it's a personal relationship, job or business ... even spiritual awakenings. Divorce is high, finances are tight and many are finding that love is coming around again, or even sadly, ending for the time being.

There is a need to follow certain specifications in order to build, or rebuild, your desired life. The way to go so as to eliminate doubt and to create certain success for yourself is to take on a proven track record to emulate. In school, it is not acceptable to plagiarize another's written work. I can clearly remember making the fantastic and clearly explained Encyclopedia Britannica words my own when I had to turn in an assigned report. My understanding was that I could not put the words together better myself so as long as I learn why should it matter to copy. I didn't
learn about footnotes until college.

Not much has changed. In business, you have similar copyright infringements, but, if the writer let's you copy, gives you express permission (as in an upline's networking
duplication process), this is fine and even a wise thing.

When specifications are put into order, hope develops and becomes the keystone in your eventual and ultimate success, or result, if you like.

Your life is not as an individual. A successful life is built upon a successful community of people. I have observed that building community, and even unity within it, is not an easy thing. You know yourself from your own experiences with people, that there are numerous differences from one person to another and it takes hard work, patience, discipline, planning and personal restraint to make mutually beneficial relationships just simply *work* at the most
fundamental level in your community.

This can also be understood as an *on purpose* life. The term *personal restraint* used above is defined as a control over the expression of one's emotions or thoughts. What you do in life, from wakeup to sleep, is well thought out and each movement is aligned with a higher purpose in mind. This *purpose* I am referring to is something it would behoove you to get very clear on.

Please tell me that it is not a very unpleasant experience to *lose* a member of your community ... someone you may even care about at a deep level. This has happened to both you and I as we push passed our comfort zone to create something better than we have now.

The interdependent relationship is very important to understand whereas we give value to others and they naturally return the effort when they understand the mutually-received joy and fulfillment which is available to those who share their life with others.

Let us begin immediately to not only build our own life, but to go that extra mile and help to build other lives as well.

Remember ... there is not much traffic on the extra mile of life.

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