Live from Self...

Q: You have urged us to see ourselves as we are, not as we like to
picture ourselves. What are most people like?

A: Like a thermometer.

Their feelings rise or fall according to the
social atmosphere.

Never living from themselves, they remain at the
mercy of exterior events.

Everything outside tells them how to feel
inside.

They are slaves to bad news, or an angry look, or an unexpected
change of plans.

And, of course, the more a man is influenced
by exterior events, the more he will angrily insist that no one tells
him what to do.

It is not necessary to live like a mindless thermometer,
Any man can learn to live from himself."


The Esoteric Path to a New Life, p. 39
Vernon Howard