Fire can burn your house down, or it can cook you dinner each night and keep you warm in the winter. Your mind is the same way.

It is essential that you learn to take action before you feel like doing it. Taking action builds momentum and creates motivation. These feelings will not come to you spontaneously; you have to generate them. You have to inspire yourself, you have to move. You have to simply begin and allow your life and your energy to reorient itself to prefer the behaviors that are going to move your life forward, not the ones that are keeping you held back.

The next time you realize your heart is still white-hot with anger and grief, I hope you will simply allow yourself to feel that without pressuring yourself to be more at peace.