Morning musings

“In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.” - Plato

“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Proficiency and results come only to those who have learned the paradoxical art of doing and not doing, or combining relaxation with activity.” - Aldous Huxley

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” - Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle

“Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.” - Henry David Thoreau

"Rolling stones turn into sand if they don’t find a place to stand” - Passenger

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”

“We are all capable of so much more than we allow ourselves to be... So let’s hit reset. Let’s begin anew the process of stepping into that person we always wanted, and deserve, to be.” - Rich Roll

"Life is not just about peaks and valleys, about wins and losses. Life is about the journey. You hear that all the time. You’ve got to absorb that. You’ve got to know that. The journey has to become the destination because there is no true destination...