Keys to Successful living part 3

 

We should understand our capacities and potentials, and then we should ourselves in the external world with full confidence, acting steps with any reservations. Thus there are three in performing an action; first, forming an opinion within ourselves; second, expressing our opinions to others; the third, executing our opinion in action

 

 Understanding habit patterns

The main thing that one should learn in life—and it is not though in the home or in the school- - is self –analysis. We should learn to analyze ourselves. If we really want to understand ourselves we can analyze our personality by understanding our habit patterns. This is not difficult. We should simply try to be consciously aware of every action perform and realize that our action are virtually our thoughts. Without thought there can be no action. Habit patterns and thoughts are revealed through behavior. There is a branch of psychology called behaviorism that is based on this concept. But on should understand that external behavior alone cannot reveal everything about a person. Laughter for example, cannot be analyzed behaviorally. If I were to laugh, you might also laugh with me simply because I was laughing without understanding why I was laughing. Your laughter is out of sheer reaction and you cannot