Most people yearn for the deep inner peace and contentment that they see in those who have learned to walk through life with confidence, happiness and enthusiasm.
An old Chinese proverb states "You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair."
Doing challenging tasks or completing jobs that take a lot of effort are the fertile grounds from which we are educated and self-discipline is learned.
God inspired a wise man to write that there is no end to the making of many books and that much study is wearisome to the flesh (Ecclesiastes 12:12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. See All...).
The book of Proverbs advises us to listen to our father’s instruction and not to forsake our mother's teaching (Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: See All...).
A person who is "opinionated" is tends to be cocky and to form strong, almost unshakable opinions about many things, even when he has insufficient evidence for those opinions.