--- title: Project U. Blog | safe description: safe | Tips and insights for managing your career and your wellness --- Call me at 781-690-2277 [![The Projectcoach](https://www.theprojectcoach.com/hs-fs/file-13948886-png/images/header_4_920x150.png)](https://www.theprojectcoach.com/) # Project U. Blog ## [The Will of the Warrior](https://www.theprojectcoach.com/blog/bid/83837/The-Will-of-the-Warrior) Posted by [Catherine Saar](https://www.theprojectcoach.com/blog/author/catherine-saar) on Sat, Apr 20, 2013 @ 11:47 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![flower](https://www.theprojectcoach.com/hs-fs/file-30488911-jpg/images/flower.jpg) It is a quiet, rainy Saturday morning in Boston after a surreal week of explosions, lock downs and manhunts. In just a few short days, we have mourned the loss of innocence on what started as a celebratory day, grieved the senseless suffering of those killed and wounded in vicious violence and started taking steps to closure by capturing the perpetrators, so we can ask, “Why?” Meanwhile, having spent a day alone in my home, (asked by authorities not to venture outside), I had time to wonder, “How can I protect myself and the people I love from this kind of pain and suffering in the future?” Sadly, I cannot.  And I also will not live in constant fear and anger.  What kind of life would that be? So what is the answer? How can we feel safe and happy when there is no guarantee against affliction, danger, illness, financial ruin, betrayal and unkindness? I knew that I had found my truth when my answer resulted in a sense of overwhelming calm and safety: I can be a peaceful warrior in my own life. I can trust that whatever comes my way, (and something usually does) I can handle it.  I will find the strength and the help I need to carry-on. I will do the best I can.  Maybe it won’t be what I hoped for, but it will be enough.  To that end, it occurred to me that feeling capable was only the first step.  If I want to increase the likelihood of triumph, I would have to prepare.  Just like an athlete, a warrior must train to be battle-ready.   So I developed a plan. I call it: ##### “WILL OF THE WARRIOR” 1. I will honor my physical body by eating well, resting, getting exercise and making good decisions about what I do with it and where I put it. 2. I will feel my emotions and release them.  I will not necessarily act on every one, but will use them as information to help me understand what I want and what I need, seeking productive ways to communicate clearly and interact with others. 3. I will consider other’s needs as no more or no less important than my own when creating solutions to shared problems. 4. I will take responsibility for my own life and not try to run the lives of others, or to manipulate outcomes. 5. I will do my best to bring my best to every situation. 6. I will live honestly and with integrity.  7. I will keep my promises and not make promises that I know I can’t keep. 8. I will take responsibility and seek to make amends when I make a mistake or commit a wrong-doing. 9. I will treat myself and others with kindness and respect.  I will do this even if they do not reciprocate, simply because that is how I want to be in the world. 10. I will focus on what I have, not what I don’t have.  I will take time to be grateful every day for the love, the beauty and the freedom that is available to me in my life. 11. I will seek to clarify, understand, and avoid judging myself and others, and in so-doing, eliminate the habit of blaming, labeling or shaming myself and others. 12. I will seek to live in this moment and not dwell in the past, which is done, nor in the future, which is yet to come. 13. I will do my share to help others to learn the joy and challenge of taking care of themselves and managing their own lives. 14. I will take right action and give up my attachment to outcome. 15. I will do my best to cultivate love and kindness toward myself and others, and when I feel I cannot, I will ask myself, why not? 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