Remember this: Very little is needed to make a happy life. It’s all within yourself, in your way of thinking. —Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor and Philosopher (121-180 AD) This quote helps put everything in perspective: Freedom awaits us all, and embracing it is up to us and how we think . Helping you achieve true freedom by changing the way you think is the reason I wrote this book. Dr. Bacon, author of I Screwed Up! Now What? invites readers on a journey to find peace and calm in their lives and learn to live in the moment. Learn to develop a calm peaceful confidence to rise above the chaotic world around us. Find freedom by practicing relentless gratitude and fanatical hope. The strategies and tools in the book evolved during my three decades as an educator, administrator, and restorative justice practitioner. In all those roles I’ve watched people suffer with overwhelming anxiety, fear, worry, and stress that kept them from reaching their dreams and destiny. I believe that our stresses are generated in our minds- we create our anxiety. And because we have created our state of mind, we can change it. In this book, I will teach you a new way to look at the challenges you face and a few simple practices through which you can find peace and remain calm while storms rage around you. Achieving this calm at the center of life’s storms is the true freedom I want to share. My passion in life is mentoring people to become who they say they want to be, helping them follow their dreams and find their authentic selves. This book is truly a labor of love, an attempt to reach out and help people I can’t meet and mentor in person. So, how do you find happiness, how do you restore your calm, and how do you awaken this peace from within? Let’s begin our journey….