ERRIN RHORIE

Blessed is the Compassionate One who gives us compassion as a way of touching and being touched by the world around us.

If being emotionally tough was easy, they wouldn’t call it being tough. But the truth is that life hits hard, and most people never develop the mental armor you need to push yourself through the bad times and stay on course. But by keeping a strong frame of mind and focusing on what inspires you,...

• Most of us learn to base our self-worth on comparisons and competition. We think about succeeding in terms of someone else failing—if I win, you lose; or if you win, I lose. Life becomes a zero-sum game. We all play the game, but how much fun is it really?

• Win-win sees life as a