“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.”

– Ray Bradbury

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

– Marcus Aurelius

… There was once a time when all human beings were Gods, but they so abused their divinity that Brahma, the chief God, decided to take it away from them and hide it.

But where? Brahma called a council of the Gods to help him decide.

“Let’s bury it deep in the earth,” said the Gods.

But Brahma answered, “No, that will not do because humans will dig into the earth and find it.”

Then the Gods said, “Let’s sink it in the deepest ocean.”

But Brahma said, “No, not there, for they will learn to dive into the ocean and will find it.”

Then the Gods said, “Let’s take it to the top of the highest mountain and hide it there.”

But once again Brahma replied, “No, that will not do either, because they will eventually climb every mountain.”  Then the Gods gave up and said, “We do not know where to hide it, because it seems that there is no place in existence that humans will not eventually reach.”

Brahma thought for a long time and then said, “Here is what we will do. We will hide their divinity deep in the center of their own being, for humans will never think to look for it there.”

All the Gods agreed that this was the perfect hiding place, and the deed was done. And since that time humans have been going up and down the earth, digging, diving, climbing, and exploring – searching for something already within themselves…

– Old Hindu Legend

“Beware those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone.”

– Charles Bukowski

“Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there.”’

– Eckhart Tolle

“Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.”

– Ali ibn abi Talib

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”

– Robert Tew

“Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

– The Buddha

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson