There will always be times during the earthly sojourn when your spirit will feel as thought it has been at ebb for far too long to even know the glint of promise that opportunity brings, such that you would know that this is what will provide you satisfaction for the spirit. At such times you must not give in to the temptation to indulging in self pity, for self pity, even at the worst of times, is a sin. It is a sin because it debases in your mind's eye the worth of your true self, your spirit. Each and every one's spirit is worth more than they imagine, and it is unbecoming of us as human beings to allow ourselves to believe that we are not worthy of holding ourselves in high esteem. Never fear failure and never fear not being good enough. Have faith in yourself and take the time to realise what it is that moves you, and work towards bringing about a situation in life whereby you are able to do that which moves you.

What you will find is that regardless of what it is you decide moves you, it will always involve some measure of concentration in order to bring about accomplishment. Be it videogaming or be it being a trial lawyer. Concentration is key to mastery.

That brings us to the next point, when we are desperate for money, we will seek to do anything, and we will concentrate very well upon it for the duration that we are desperate. But outside that realm, if the task we have engaged in soes not move us, we will grow weary and ill of it, and seek satisfaction elsewhere for creative expression. Hence, the ideal work for us is that which allows us to concentrate effortlessly. Effortless concentration is the best kind of concentration.

Effortless concentration cannot be had unless you have reached the stage of effortless concentration by engaging in persuaded concentration, i.e. concentration where you have persuaded the mind to focus. The only time the mind does not want to focus willingly is when there lies a hurdle, or problem before it. It is only in such cases that we are loathe to walk on, and in such cases that, if we feel that the effort required to surpass the hurdle is outweighed by the benefit of the goal beyond the hurdle, that we walk on. It is this walking on that entails persuading the mind to concentrate, and that is something nearly all of us must have done.

Once we have done that and dedicated ourselves to a worthy goal, by and by we find that concentrated effort is what brings us hapiness. It is the effort and not so much the acheivement of the goal that brings us hapiness; certainly that is the case in so far as our day to day hapiness and contentment are concerned.