Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 You can choose to be generous, gracious, and aware of the consequences of your actions. Regardless of what others are doing, you can choose to be patient, respectful, and clear. Your communications may become more thoughtful and functional, and you’ll find that you’re better apart. #2 The five steps to being better apart are simple, precise initiatives that require practices, writing exercises, and new attitudes. Even when you feel hopelessly stuck, with each step you’ll find yourself experiencing the dignity of designing your stance and state of being. #3 Patience is the ability to wait and be patient. It is the opposite of impatience, which is the inability to wait and the inability to control your emotions. Patience gives you strength to live in the present moment with mindful awareness. #4 When you choose to see this moment as a rejection or a failure, you’ll continue to experience it repeatedly throughout your process. When you choose to see this moment as an opportunity to see through the lens of respect, respect will consistently reveal its gifts to you.