Recipe

No pain, no gain.

Only way is to generate some kind of strength or brightness, which nullifies the pains or turns them into the actual sources of joy.

Efficiency

Many people try to work out various schemes to be efficient in order to maximize beneficial outcomes.

But in fact, what is only needed is courage.

Courage to tackle problems squarely right here and right now.

Lengthy excuses to make clever schemes would only delay settlement and balloon costs exponentially.

It is often the case that behind such excuses is cowardice.

After all, courage is the best shortcut and the most efficient way of all.

Obligations

If we are discouraged by daunting tasks and obligations, think of the facts that their fulfillment and our efforts for them would be helping someone else.

A sense that we are helping others enables us to enhance the feeling that our actions are valuable and worthwhile.

This will strengthen our self-esteem as humans and facilitate motives to willingly take on the challenges.

Tasks

Any tasks to be done can be the sources of creation.

If the tasks are simply thought to be obligations, they easily discourage our motives to move forward.

It would be rather wise to see them as opportunities to apply our creativity.

Since the tasks often have fixed frameworks, our freedom would be limited.

But, this limitation can be the very chance to make full use of our creativity and inspiration.

We need more flexible mind.

We can rather take advantage of the limits and restrictions.

We can reorganize them in manners which are irresistibly amusing.

To think out what can be done for it per se can be a fantastic opportunity to fully maximize our creativity.

Limitation can turn into the source of boundless freedom and liberation.

Let the creativity fully blossom, wielding the free spirited ideas and intuition.

Be Bold

There is no need to be diffident or "modest."

Just be bold.

Be yourself.

Be confident, proud and convinced of yourself.

There are so many cunning people around there.

They just always try to take advantage at any moment.

So, no need to shy away.

No time and room to do that.

Just be bold and stand firm.

Just roar.

Like the crash of thunder.

Never retreat.

Just be bold and dare to press forward.

Alone

Never seek for allies or companions.

Human minds are unreliable.

Just stand alone.

Have absolute confidence in what one believes.

When firmly standing, joy wells forth.

Abundantly.

Ceaselessly.

When filled with confidence, enormous courage will emerge, and its actions will overwhelm anything.

If one becomes the solid core of the oneself, it will suffice.

People.

They will simply follow.

Just be own self, the unwavering self.

Heart

It is better to follow the heart.

Clever calculation may resolve issues temporarily.

But it will make things and life awkward eventually.

The mind might even be suppressed by that.

After all, a human can live only in the way one was born for.

Life itself knows what it yearns for and how to realize it.