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Ryuho Okawa

How to Get Through Tough Times

“I’m Fine”

SPIRIT

“I’M FINE” SPIRITISBN 978-81-7992-986-5

© Ryuho OkawaEnglish translation © Happy Science

First published as ‘I’m Fine!’ by IRH Press Co., Ltd.All Rights Reserved.

First Jaico Impression: 2009

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CONTENTS

PREFACE vii

PART I

1 Live with a Carefree Spirit 3

PART II

2 Weaknesses and Shortcomings are Seeds of

Happiness 7

3 In the End, You are Your Opponent 10

4 People with an Unshakable Mind 12

5 If You Keep on Rolling, You Will Grow

(The Snowball Effect) 14

6 Believe in Your Unique Mission 16

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7 Accept Your Imperfections 19

PART III

8 Are You Choosing Unhappiness? 23

9 Believe in the Power of Your Mind 25

10 Building Self-Confidence 28

11 Write a Self-Respect Diary 31

12 If You Find Trouble at Work, Exercise! 34

PART IV

13 Face Your Karma 39

14 God Only Gives You Problems You Can Solve 42

15 Think Like a Long Distance Runner Rather

Than a Sprinter 45

16 Are You Setting Limits to Your Possibilities? 47

17 Rising Above Painful Times 49

PART V

18 Knowing That You Have Eternal Life

Makes You More Accepting 55

19 Understanding Leads to Loving 57

20 Don’t Label People as Friend or Enemy 59

21 Respect is the Key to Good Relationships 61

22 True Kindness is Never Without Courage

and Strength 64

Contents v

23 Don’t Count What You Have Done for Others 66

PART VI

24 Lead a Cheerful Way of Life 71

25 Happiness Doesn’t Need Conditions 74

PART VII

26 Get Through Tough Times with an “I’m Fine”

Spirit 79

POSTSCRIPT 85

HAPPY SCIENCE 89

PART I

1

Live With A Carefree Spirit

If your mind is too full of complicated ideas, take a

moment to clear it out. Remove all the fetters and

complications as if you were sweeping out the cobwebs

with a broom.

Once you accomplish that, remember, the real starting point

of life is to live with simplicity and a positive attitude. To

make your life an outstanding one that shines with a brilliant

light, always live with a carefree spirit.

Imagine a shallow stream in the gentle spring sunlight, maybe

less than a foot deep. The sun is shining on the slow-flowing

stream; the bed of the little river sparkles like gold. As the

stream flows it makes a joyous sound, reflecting the gentle

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patterns of sunlight on its surface.

Live transparently, just like the water of the stream. Leading

a life that is transparent means to live unaffected, with

simplicity, and avoid complicated thinking.

Don’t be preoccupied by your distrust of others, doubts, or

be emotional or trapped by inferiority complexes. Live

cheerfully, naturally, and with simplicity. Even if someone has

betrayed or deceived you, do not worry and simply go on

living unaffected by it.

Live with a carefree spirit, like a child who forgets all the

worries of the day after a good night’s sleep. Remove the

heavy bricks of burden from your mind, and make your mind

airy and light.