Qualifying For Success

The resort Mediterranea is in Zambrone, on the hill where you can enjoy a wonderful view including, the gulf of Sant’Eufemia, the Eolian Islands and the characteristic Tropea with tourist port.
The Resort is far to the beach area 1,5 km; the Resort has 31 units

The Units
The units are 1br plus: with full kitchen, bedroom - duoble bed, living room - single sofa bed and double sofa bed, air conditioning, Teleohone. cable TV, strong box, small garden and terrace, the units are ground level.

ACTIVITIES
We effect beautiful Excursions on board of a wonderful catamaran along the Tirrenian Calabrian’ s Coast. And for the people who loves the nature we organize wonderfull excursions with the bike and trekking.
Bedides they are effected courses of sub with international certifications, lessons of windsurf and sailboat .

SERVICES
Animation, Bar, Bus, Swimming Pool, TV, Pets, Beach, Miniclub, Air Conditioned, Telephone, Parking, Sport

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Options available to people in debt

Debt consolidation loans.
Rather than struggling to keep up multiple payments to multiple debts, some people choose to consolidate their debts - applying for a loan that’s big enough to pay them all off. This means they’ll only have one payment to make per month, reducing the risk of missing payments (and the charges and damage to their credit rating that can result).

Plus, a consolidation loan can come with a lower interest rate than many other forms of unsecured credit. It can also give the individual the opportunity to think about their financial circumstances and arrange to repay the debt consolidation loan at a rate they can afford - again, repaying a debt more slowly will mean it takes longer to pay off and can end up costing more, so it’s vital to weigh up the pros and cons before proceeding.

Who debt consolidation is right for: people who want / need to reduce their monthly repayments.

IVAs
A form of insolvency, an IVA is a legally binding agreement between a debtor and their creditors. If you owe around £15,000 or more to multiple unsecured creditors, an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) can tell you whether an IVA might be the best way for you to cope with your debt. If they think it is, they can draft up an ‘IVA proposal’, detailing how much you can afford to pay towards your debts every month for the next (normally) five years, once you’ve taken your essential expenses into account.

If enough of your creditors agree, the IVA can start. You agree to make those monthly payments (and possibly free up some equity in your home, if you own property), and they’ll agree to freeze your debt, hold off on any legal action (such as trying to make you bankrupt) and write off any outstanding debt once the arrangement has successfully concluded. Please note: an IVA will have a serious impact on your credit rating, potentially making it harder to borrow money for the next six years.

Who an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) is right for: people who owe money to three or more unsecured creditors a total of around £15,000 or more and can’t afford their monthly repayments - but can afford regular smaller payments.

Protected Trust Deeds
A Trust Deed is similar to an Individual Voluntary Arrangement, but only available to residents of Scotland. In most cases, a Protected Trust Deed will last for three years.

Who a Protected Trust Deed is right for: residents of Scotland who owe three or more unsecured creditors a total of around £10,000 or more and can’t afford their monthly repayments - but can afford regular smaller payments.

No debt solution is a perfect fit for everyone. If you are having debt problems, it’s vital to talk to a professional debt adviser who understands all the available debt solutions and can help you choose the solution that’s right for you.

Why We Fear Death

“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark.” - Bacon

There may be a thousand reasons why we fear death, but most of all we fear death because we fear the unknown, and death is an unknown entity to most people. We fear that dying may be painful and we do not know what will happen to us at the point of death.

Some people fear death because they imagine the dying process to be very painful. Death is not painful. In fact, death is often very peaceful and silent even for those suffering from cancers or other terminal illness.

When the physical body is deteriorating day by day from a terminal illness, and pain arises from superficial wound such as bed sores, or deep pain such as bone or nerve pain, death may even be a welcome relief for the sufferer.

We need to distinguish the pain of the physical body from the process of dying. The dying process is a distinct process that is separate from the deterioration of the physical body. At the point of death, there is no pain.

What happens at death is the cessation of the breath and all other physiological functions of the physical body. The heart stops pumping and the blood circulation stops moving. The body stops generating heat, and thus progressively turns cold.

For those who believe that we are more than just a physical body, and that we are in fact spiritual beings, the dying process means much more than just physical death. Death is just a natural process that allows us to discard the physical body as we move into the spiritual realm.

Since our fear of death is due to the fact that we do not know or understand death, it makes sense to familiarise ourselves with it. The more we understand death, the less we fear it. We should therefore cultivate a friendship with death, and be totally familiar with it, just as we are familiar with our friends.

We can cultivate a friendship with death in three simple steps:

1. Establish a link with God.
2. Cultivate a habit of acceptance, instead of blame.
3. Be a blessing to others.

Establish a link with God.

By establishing a link with God, we touch base with our own spirituality. God can be whatever you perceive God to be. For Christians, Muslims and Hindus, that may mean an omnipotent God. For Buddhists, it may mean the Buddha seed within. Atheists may have to come to term with their own spirituality.

Establishing a link with God means re-gaining your spirituality. It leads you closer to the spiritual aspect of yourself. Whether we accept it or not, we are more than just this physical body. When we die, we leave this physical body behind and only our spirituality continues on.

It is therefore essential for us to be familiar with our own spirituality. It is the only part of us that continues after death. This ‘fact’ is in accordance with all major religions.

Cultivate a Habit of Acceptance.

It is funny how when good things come to us, we readily accept them as though we deserve them or we have worked hard for them, yet when calamities befall us we quickly look for an external source to blame.

This is especially so when misfortunes such as terminal illness befall us. We may blame God, and later blame ourselves or people around us. We should cultivate a habit of neutrality regardless of whether good or bad things come our way. Otherwise, we can become very bitter about life when negative things happened. Looking for someone or something to blame only serve to prolong our own suffering. Death is an enemy when we resist it, but the moment we accept it, it turns into an ally.

However, cultivating a habit of acceptance does not mean not doing anything to correct or improve our conditions. It does not mean, for example, that when we are diagnosed with a terminal illness we do nothing about it. It is only sensible to seek treatment, if it is available to us. On the other hand, it also means we must know and accept when curative treatment is no longer possible. We fear death only when we refuse to face it.

Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous people who would take advantage of our fear of death to sell their ‘cure’. In my experience with the terminally ill, I have come across countless stories of dying people being duped into parting with their savings and properties in the hope of achieving a cure.

Be a Blessing to Others.

This is our greatest and most reliable ally at the time of death.

Knowing that we have been helpful to others and that we have tried to live a blameless life takes away the fear of death. If our life has been an honest one, free of any conscious intention to hurt any living beings, we have nothing to fear when death approaches. Our mind will be at peace, undisturbed.

On the other hand, those who lead selfish lives, and harm others to get little advantages for themselves, find themselves imprisoned in tiny, dark cells when they move to the other side.

Therefore, while we still can, we should give our best to the world and to people around us. Lend a helping hand to others and help to lighten their loads. Bring joy to the joyless and comfort to those in need of comfort. There are many who are less fortunate than us. Count our blessings and be a blessing to others.

Tim Ong is a medical doctor with more than 14 years of experience in family medicine. He is the author of the online “Build From Within” ezine and “The Book of Transformation”. He is also the webmaster of http://www.theselfimprovementsite.com

Every since civilization started many people have been suffering from psychological disorders such as sadness and strange and awkward behavior. There have been many of scientists that have tried to figure out the cure for them and treat these disorders. Classifying psychological disorders have their roots back far in ancient times with the Romans and the Egyptians. Even today, classifying psychological disorders follow a medical type model.

However, classifying psychological disorders is not very easy and is harder than it sounds and is very controversial. Even though the classification system has disadvantages, I think it’s safe to say that the classification system outweighs the disadvantages. It provides a means of effective communication between psychologists. Also, the classification system can help psychologists make predictions such as the probability that a disorder will occur and about the individuals that are more likely to develop a certain mental disorder and about the rules for treatment.

To help make classifying psychological disorders easier the American Psychiatric Association came out with the first system of grouping psychological disorders in the United States in 1952. This manual was known as the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). The 1994 edition is the most current version that I’m aware of and includes 17 major classifications and describes more than 200 disorders. The DSM had undergone changes and probably will go more in the future which shows the advancement in knowledge of psychological disorders over the years. The DSM-IV has added and dropped categories from its manual which has caused some major controversial by psychologist you relied heavily on those techniques. An important feature of the DSM-IV is its multi axis features. It has five axes to accurately diagnose an individual with a mental disorder by characterizing them in terms of a number of factors. The five axes of DSM-IV include:

Axis I: Every diagnostic category except for personality disorders and mental retardation. Axis II: Mental retardation and personality disorders. Axis III: Most medical conditions Axis IV: Social and environmental complications. Axis V: Current functioning abilities.

Axes I-II describes the majority of psychological disorders, and Axes III-V is not really needed in diagnosing a psychological disorder but they are there to consider the person’s over all life situation. For example, an individual may have high blood pressure which is an example of Axis III, which needs special precautions to treatment because some mediation can worsen the symptoms for individuals.

The DSM-IV was put together by a number of mental health professionals and included a diverse range of audiences which was something missing in the previous manuals because the majority consisted of mostly white male psychiatrists. The biggest controversial part about the DSM-IV is that the symptoms are still described in a psychiatric manner. Even though more psychologists have participated in it then ever, it still shows a medical model of diagnosing patients which puts less emphasis on external factors such as environmental effects on mental disorders. There are some common issues with labeling in the DSM-IV. Some of the categories for mental disorders are what some people would include to be everyday harmless activities. For example, if someone has a hard time learning mathematics, or writing skills than that could be labeled as a mental disorder.

Also, an addiction to some substances like a nice cappuccino from Starbucks would be classified as a mental disorder because the individual will be viewed as having a substance abuse problem. Furthermore some individuals that do not have a mental disorder may turn out to believe that they do by a simple misdiagnoses. The term that refers to when people believe that they believe something when it is told to them is known as the self fulfilling prophecy. Labels can also have harmful side effects on the individual and cause them to lose self esteem when they think that they are mentally ill. A lot of time, individuals will avoid seeking help to avoid these labels because they don’t want people to think of them differently. The DSM-IV may have its critiques and inaccuracies but it’s still the most comprehensive mental categorizing system currently available.

Like mentioned earlier, there are many categories for mental disorders. A very common one that affects close to 19.1 million Americans is anxiety disorders. If you constantly worry than that could be an indicator that you have some type of anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is a psychological disorder that can cause a variety of abnormalities in the motor function. Examples of anxiety disorder include generalized anxiety disorder, phobic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic disorder, and social anxiety disorder.

I’m going to discuss generalized anxiety disorder first because its one of the more common anxiety disorders. Take this case study for example. Amy is a thirty year old woman and ever since she and her husband have been arguing she has developed a lot of built up tension and nervousness everytime she goes out in public. She feels trembling and usually be perspiring when she comes back from shopping. These are the common symptoms of an anxiety disorder. With phobic disorders on the other hand, the individual has an intense fear of a particular object or thing. A lot of people are informed about some common ones such as the fear of spiders or Arachnophobia, and the fear of closed tight spaces or Claustrophobia. However there are a lot more bizarre ones that people may not be informed about such as Dikephobia or the fear of justice and Geliophobia or the fear of laughter.

A very interesting psychological disorder is obsessive compulsive disorder and the individual has these obsessions to do things in a particular way or order and it is causing them mental distress. For example, they may have a need to get dressed and take their clothes off in a particular manner and if they mess up than they must start over again because they ruined the sequence. These rituals will consume up a vast majority of the individual’s time. Panic disorder is when the individual has periods of deep fear. This usually doesn’t last too long and some symptoms are the individual will tremble and experience a shortness of breath. Next, post traumatic disorder is the feelings of emptiness and depression an individual will experience after a traumatic event such as after a plane crash or abuse/rape. Even though men and women can experience this disorder is more likely to exist with females.

Last, a social anxiety disorder is a fear of being in social situations and being evaluated by others. A classic example is being extremely uneasy and nervous during a job interview.

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How many times have you heard a friend say about someone who’s no longer here, “I never got to tell her (or him) how much I really cared.”

We’ve all felt this way at some stage about someone in our lives. Yet it’s hard to sit down and tell a person face to face exactly what they mean to you. Perhaps it feels a little artificial, or you’re not comfortable expressing yourself so directly. But there is a way to convey those feelings in a manner that’s comfortable to you both.

This Mother’s Day, write a personal note to your mother telling her what she’s contributed to your life. Make this a time to put aside your differences (or grievances) and search for the positives in your relationship.

Here’s a step-by-step approach to composing your message:

1.Set aside some time as soon as possible to start making notes. If you leave yourself a few days to work on this, you’ll find that your subconscious mind will start searching for more examples of your mother’s gifts to you. So assign it this task and don’t be surprised if you start remembering events you haven’t thought of in decades.

2.Your first list will be of your mother’s positive qualities, many of which you will hopefully have modeled. For example, is she patient, kind, gentle, forthright, accepting, questioning, assertive, accommodating? Even behaviors like carping or nagging can be seen in a positive light (she’s persistent or concerned). Or you can leave them off the list. Does she have a good sense of humor, a knack for making other people feel at ease, a way of persuading others to do the right thing? Is she a good listener, a good hostess, a great organizer? Look at the way she handles her mothering role, as well as the other roles she plays in her life. How does she juggle it all? What does she love? Do you share these passions?

3.The next list is her talents. Where does she excel? For example, is she artistic? Does she paint, draw, sculpt, arrange flowers or decorate well? Do you exhibit the same traits or perhaps a variation? Does she have a good singing voice? Good looks? An ability for math, English, writing, gardening, science? What natural talents do you share with her?

4.The final list focuses on what she taught you. Did she instil specific values, beliefs, attitudes that have served you in your life? Did she teach you skills that have benefited you in some way? Did she arrange lessons in other areas where you expressed an interest, so that you could develop new skills or talents? This is a gift too.

5.What is her greatest gift to you?

6.When your list is complete, set aside an hour or so and write a thank you letter. It doesn’t have to be sweet or sentimental. Just list all the gifts she’s given you, whether through heredity, example or teaching, and thank her for them. You can embellish your message if you wish, but the whole point of the exercise is to express your gratitude for what she has contributed to your life.

7.You can handwrite the message, type it into your computer, and print it in a plain or calligraphic font. Whatever feels right for you.

8.Then include it with the card you give her on Mother’s Day. It will be an occasion she’ll never forget.

Chamonix France is a beautiful French town with the impressive Mont Blanc as well as majestic glaciers. Each of us enjoy going climbing or sometimes eating out. I invariably catch a plane from Topeka and stay at a Chamonix hotel during my stay.

My family and I previously went to The Ritz Carlton Golf Spa Resort Rose Hall unfortunately it never matched its its advert: The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort Rose Hall is a five-star luxury property located across from the historical Rose Hall Great House and six miles from Sangster International Airport. Hotel amenities include 24-hour room service, twice-daily housekeeping, complimentary overnight shoeshine, overnight laundry service, evening turndown, Bath Butler and Bath Menu (upon request), multilingual staff, ATM, valet parking, Ritz-Carlton tour desk, gift/sundry shops, and Kids’ Club. For recreation, the hotel offers watersports, a tennis center, an 18-hole championship golf course, outdoor pool, a fitness center, Jacuzzi, and full-service spa and salon, including sauna, steam room, and relaxation lounge. Dining options include Jasmines, the Ritz-Carlton’s signature restaurant, serving a fusion of Jamaican and Asian cuisine, Horizon’s, featuring terrace seating, Mango’s, a casual poolside venue, and The White Witch Club House. Cohoba’s offers authentic Jamaican coffee and the new Reggae Jerk Center, located on the West Beach, presents authentic Jamaican cuisine with live reggae music.Guest rooms feature cable TVs, CD players, dial-up Internet access, multi-line telephones, voicemail, irons, ironing boards, hairdryers, in-room safes, bathrobes, bathroom telephones, and desks. Please note that a 13 percent daily service fee applies to all reservations, and will be charged to your account at time of check-out. This resort fee includes the following amenities and services:Unlimited use of the fitness centre and tennis courts, use of non-motorized watersports equipment (weather permitting; based on availability), transportation to and from the Half Moon shopping village and the White Witch golf course, daily coffee service in the lobby from 6am until 8am, bellmen and housekeeping gratuities, a daily fax of the NY Times, and entertainment.

In comparison in Chamonix town the luxury chalet is nearly always excellent. Furthermore dining in my families’ favorite restaurant, El Grullence, eating roaring fork forkless dessert is a treat. Chamonix France is a big enough town to guarantee that there is lots for the non-skier to do. Including a cross country skiing track and a shopping arcade of designer boutiques, Chamonix provides a mix of climbing, French charm and sightseeing which not many ski resorts can match.

Have you ever had a sense that there is more to something than what appears on the surface? As a child, you may have walked by a pond and picked up a pebble. Then, energy grew inside you directing your mind to send signals within you and pick up this rock with your hand. As your mind, body, and spirit united, a coordinated effort took place resulting in a thrust of energy tossing this rock into this pond.

The effects of this driving force created a ripple affect on the surface of the pond making its way to the outer edges of the pond. You and I are this same driving force at the core of our being. Everything is energy. We all know its there even though we may not readily see it.

There are five experiences in our life allowing us to touch this energy or our soul. Remember this: “What is the most human to us, often, is the most sacred.”

We touch our soul in the following ways:

1. The Sense of Smell.

When we breathe, we embrace our world. We draw in various aromas into our inner self. It is our opportunity to take in the world around us, and allow it to fill us with its essence. As we breathe, our soul absorbs the world around it through identification with the earth merging into what cannot be seen. It is the experience of spirit expressing itself in unlimited ways.

2. The Sense of Taste.

Taste allows us to tangibly experience different qualities of our world. As a child, we experienced our world through the sense of taste. It was as though our life was meant to be devoured. In a real way, our sense of taste helps us to determine if we like or do not like what is before us i.e. food, experiences, or way of life.

3. The Sense of Touch.

Our ability to feel the world awakens our body. Touch sends vibrations throughout our body in the form of tingling sensations. These tingling sensations are expressions of consciousness helping our body understand the direction of spirit in our lives and our place in the world. It is the home of our soul, yet our body cannot fully contain it alone. At the same time, our body is a symbol radiating our unique expression of our soul.

4. The Sense of Sight.

The gift of sight enables us to take in the world through visual contact with the world around us. As we draw in our environment, we become part of it and it becomes part of us. Eventually, we deepen this sense of sight creating the ability to see from within. At this point, we are able to see through our eyes, and not, just with them. Here, we see with the eyes of soul. We see with the eyes of unconditional love.

5. The Sense of Hearing.

What do we really hear? Sounds are echoes, vibrations interacting with the vibrations of another entity. Behind every sound or word is a tone, a quality of sound, we can connect to within us. The resonance of sound creates signals inside us that we may choose to repel or encompass. As we discern these inner qualities of what appears before us in sound, we are getting in tune with the soul of another person, place, or thing.

When you throw a rock into a pond, I suspect you have a difficult time watching it float all the way to the bottom. The deeper your rock enters the pond, the harder it becomes to see with your five senses. A higher sense of yourself is engaged.

As your imagination and your heart begins to direct your perspective on this experience, your soul is revealed. It is the part of you able to sense and know your rock eventually reached its destination. Although you may not be able to see the foundation of the pond below its surface, you know it is there.

Samuel Oliver, author of, “What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living” For more on this author; http://www.soulandspirit.org

Countless number of patients and their family members have asked me about manic-depression and major depression. “Is there any difference?” “Are they one and the same?” “Is the treatment the same?” And so on. Each time I encounter a chorus of questions like these, I am enthused to provide answers.

You know why? Because the difference between these two disorders is enormous. The difference does not lie on clinical presentation alone. The treatment of these two disorders is significantly distinct.

Let me begin by describing major depression (officially called major depressive disorder). Major depression is a primary psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of either a depressed mood or lack of interest to do usual activities occurring on a daily basis for at least two weeks. Just like other disorders, this illness has associated features such as impairment in energy, appetite, sleep, concentration, and desire to have sex.

In addition, patients afflicted with this disorder also suffer from feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness. Tearfulness or crying episodes and irritability are not uncommon. If left untreated, patients get worse. They become socially withdrawn and can’t go to work. Moreover, about 15% of depressed patients become suicidal and occasionally, homicidal. Other patients develop psychosishearing voices (hallucinations) or having false beliefs (delusions) that people are out to get them.

What about manic-depression or bipolar disorder?

Manic-depression is a type of primary psychiatric disorder characterized by the presence of major depression (as described above) and episodes of mania that last for at least a week. When mania is present, patients show signs opposite of clinical depression. During the episode, patients show significant euphoria or extreme irritability. In addition, patients become talkative and loud.

Moreover, this type of patients doesn’t need a lot of sleep. At night, they are very busy making phone calls, cleaning the house, and starting new projects. Despite apparent lack of sleep, they are still very energetic in the morning ready to establish new business endeavors. Because they believe that they have special powers, they involve in unreasonable business deals and unrealistic personal projects.

They also become hypersexual wanting to have sex several times a day. One-night stands can happen resulting in marital conflict. Like depressed patients, manic patients develop delusions (false beliefs). I know a manic patient who thinks that he is the “Chosen One.” Another patient claims that the President of USA and the Prime Minister of Canada ask for her advice.

So the big difference between the two is the presence of mania. This manic episode has treatment implications. In fact the treatment of these disorders is completely different. While major depression needs antidepressant, manic-depression requires a mood stabilizer such as lithium and valproic acid. Recently, new antipsychotics, for example risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine, have been shown to be effective for acute mania.

In general, giving an antidepressant to manic-depressed patients can make their condition worse because this medication can precipitate a switch to manic episode. Although there are some exceptions to the rule (extreme depression, lack of response to mood stabilizers, among others), it is preferable to avoid antidepressants among bipolar patients.

When considering the use of antidepressant in a depressed bipolar patient, clinicians should combine the medication with a mood stabilizer and should use an antidepressant (e.g. bupropion) that has a low tendency to cause a switch to mania.

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The Great Library of Alexandria once held the wisdom of the ancient world. When it burned down, billions of invaluable thoughts perished. One book, however, survived. Since it wasn’t considered a valuable book, a poor man bought it for a few coppers. He was not very literate and thought the book dull. The only thing of interest to him was a thin strip of vellum. Written on it was the secret known as the “Touchstone.”

The touchstone, the writing on the vellum strip explained, was a small pebble with magical powers. The pebble could turn any common metal into pure gold. Unfortunately, this pebble looked exactly like any other on the shores of the Black Sea. But the secret was that the touchstone would feel extraordinarily warm. Ordinary pebbles, by contrast, were relatively cold.

In a matter of days after purchasing the book, the man had hastily sold his few belongings. He used the money to buy some simple supplies for his travel to the shores of the Black Sea.

He began testing pebbles on the first day he arrived. He devised a simple but effective plan to avoid picking up the same pebble over again. When he picked up a cold pebble, he would throw it into the sea.

Years passed. Every day, he picked up pebbles and threw them into the sea. He made his living by fishing and spent his nights sleeping under his torn, damp blanket on the cold beach. With each pebble that he threw into the sea, his hopes diminished. One day, one fine day, indistinguishable from the blur of other days that had passed before, he picked up a pebble, a warm pebble, an extraordinarily warm pebble–and threw it into the sea.

The Success Principle

Your mind, once filled with inspiration, can become dull and useless once you lose touch with your attention and awareness.

The Principle at Work

In the parable, after years of picking up pebbles and throwing them into the sea, his mind had become dull with conditioning, his motion of throwing automatic. Lulled into habit, his senses had become dull, his sense of discrimination tarnished. Because he had become the slave of autonomic responses, he lost what he had spent years looking for.

The poor man ended up becoming poorer still–although he had found a secret which would have made him fabulously rich. He should have succeeded because he followed numerous success principles. He took a risk when he bought the book. He focused on its most vital information. He acted on this information by gathering his resources and heading out to the scene of the action.

On the shore, he devised a simple and elegant strategy. And, with single-minded intensity, he persisted, working on his chosen task methodically, relentlessly.

He made only one single mistake: he succumbed to habit and he did not think about what he was doing. His attention had wavered, his focus lost. His loss of awareness was his undoing.

Awareness, then, is the key ingredient to making all the success principles come to life.

You can do everything right but still fail if your mind has lost its sharpness and become dulled by routine.

The hero of the story had no-one and nothing to blame but himself, and his only failing was that he had failed to be awake, alert to his golden moment. Similarly, we are all responsible for ourselves, and cannot blame others for our loss of opportunity. It is our alertness, our depth of awareness that makes for success or failure, happiness or despair.