Where are the fast food restaurants for the mind? Where are the 24 hour fitness clubs for the soul? They do not exist. But why not? We understand intrinsically that the body is a passive presence and that we cannot simply will it to be stronger. We understand that we must continuously perform actions that will, over time, induce subtle change in our body’s state.

Why, then, is it so hard to grasp that the mind and spirit move in the same ways? Why is it so hard to fathom that, to become capable of mind, to become strong of will, to overcome desire and habit, to undo cyclic depression, to grow our spirit and mind, we must think and want in ways that our passive minds and passive spirits are shifted into a more healthy state?

Exercise often. Think with direction. Feel happiness.