Self-Reliance

Self Reliance means trust in yourself.  As Alan Watts said,  “Trust yourself to react appropriately when catastrophe happens. Failure of nerve is really failure to trust yourself.”

Self-reliance is an independence of mind and spirit– the courage to live according to your own principles, needs, and desires– no matter what other people think.

Self-reliance is resourcefulness. It is inner strength– mental and emotional and physical mastery.   When you are self-reliant, you know you can handle any problem.  You are full of courage and confidence.  You are not discouraged by problems– in fact, you welcome “challenges”.

When something difficult happens to you, you rise up with strength.  Maybe you don’t know how you will succeed, but you know you will– somehow.

Self -reliance means you have discipline– the discipline to do what is most important to you.. and the discipline to avoid what does not fit your principle, goals, and values.

As a self-reliant person, you recognize that you and only you are the authority for your own life.  No guru, no religious leader, no political leader is more of an expert than you.   Yes, you value teachers…  but as guides and mentors, not as bosses. You are the only boss of your own life.

Self-reliance means you know how to take care of yourself– which gives you the freedom and energy to also help others.   You are not always trying to take from other people, because you know how to make yourself happy.

You are a student of the “Science of Achievment” and of the “Art of Fulfillment”.

You are the master of your own life.  You are the master of your destiny.