Road Less Traveled by William Peck
The Discipline section of M. Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled first deals with life's difficulties. He makes it clear that we all have problems and pain but we have to deal with it to get by and to make life less difficult. "Life is difficult... Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters."(p.15) The four main points of the Discipline section are delaying gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to reality and balancing. These four points are referred to as tools to solve life's problems. By using these tools one is able to overcome anything that life throws his or her way. Delaying gratification as Peck puts it is "a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with."(p. 19) I feel Peck's point is to save the good things for last so that you can always have something to look forward to and an incentive to finish whatever task is at hand. Good scheduling skills and the lack of procrastination are very i
He makes it clear that to have a working relationship the two people must be Peck then goes on to discuss the part of the brain that has paranormal ability. Webster defines serendipity as "the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for." This implies that some people have it and some people don't. Grace on the other Balancing is difficult for many people because it involves making sacrifices. The act of giving something up, especially something helpful or pleasurable, is very difficult for many. tell us that there is no such thing as "romantic love," which once again I disagree with. Peck goes on to say that "making love" is actually not an act of love and that dependencyis not love either. Peck says that "love is separateness." He confirms that it is important to nurture one anothers spiritual growth, but one major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved. It is to sex. He also feels that love is merely temporary which I also disagree with. In my experiences, the people I have been in love wt. I still love. This feeling never goes away. The need for their companionship goes away, but the feeling never leaves. He goes on to
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Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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