If you can understand and have empathy with the other side, you will be able to grow, mature, and evolve, to ultimately build a true partnership.
Your ability to find inner peace and tranquility is paramount. You only evolve when you can find it, irrespective of your circumstances.
The most critical concept in life is self-reliance. A man is revealed in how he reacts during difficulty. It is easy to be excellent in peaceful times.
I learned to embrace Stoicism, since its principles of living have helped me become a better person capable of enduring the hardest challenges in life.
I have been studying the work of Alfred Adler. He talks about self-reliance and how our personalities take form depending on our reactions towards life.
One must keep improving daily. As we learn from our mistakes, we ought to remain friendly, loving, generous, just, and empathetic.