The capstone: the purpose of life is to find your mission — Emmet Fox's "heart's desire," placed in you perhaps before birth. Only 1–5 in 100 fulfill their potential because most ignore its call.
The principle of service
Ralph Waldo Trine: what everyone seeks is a mission to lose themselves in that ennobles the lives of others — "we only become great to the degree to which we lose ourselves in something bigger than ourselves." The models Tracy cites (Jesus, Buddha, St. Francis, Mother Teresa, Schweitzer, Florence Nightingale) are united by service. Business is one of the best arenas of service.
Seven steps to becoming a totally loving person
- Accept yourself unconditionally — "God don't make no junk"; "your purpose is to find your purpose."
- Accept total responsibility — no blaming, no excuses.
- Learn to forgive — "the key to the kingdom of heaven is forgiveness."
- Feed your mind loving thoughts — not "mental candy" or junk.
- Set noble goals and ideals.
- Take care of your body — "the temple of the soul."
- Practice the Golden Rule — kindness, patience, tolerance: "everybody in the world is carrying a heavy load."
Love grows by sharing
"The more you give away, the more you have" — the law of sowing and reaping starts an upward spiral. You only have love to the degree you express it; families and children are sent to teach us capacity for love. The opposite of love is fear: "if fear is the great obstacle, love is the great doorway that kicks open all the possibilities of the universe."
The closing story
His grandmother's plaque — the one inheritance she wanted:
"Only one life that soon is past / Only what's done with love will last."
"I wish you luck, I wish you success, I wish you love."