Reviews for The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

The average rating for The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-02-01 00:00:00 Guy Guy It gets four stars for the simple truth of the opening lines: "Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." It amazes me how much damage I have done by expecting life to be something other than difficult and how much easier my life is when I accept that it is difficult and that I will be uncomfortable.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-14 00:00:00 Kevin Wells The author has delved deep into, with profound insights, on what really causes unhappiness in our life. He asserts that it is precisely in avoiding our problems and hurdles that we suffer in our life; it is the pain and suffering caused by difficulties in life that we have to meet in order to grow mentally and spiritually. We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them. The following were the key-takeaways: * LIFE IS DIFFICULT. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters. * Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems. * A person who has the ability to delay gratification has the key to psychological maturity, whereas impulsiveness is a mental habit that, in denying opportunities to experience pain, creates neuroses. * Most large problems we have are the result of not facing up to earlier, smaller problems, of failing to be 'dedicated to the truth'. The great mistake most people make is believing that problems will go away of their own accord.