Patience is not learned when everything is going well, but rather when things do not go our way. Patience is learned when our expectations collide with the reality of the situation. Patience implies willingness to be alive, rather than trying to seek harmony.
Being self-sufficient is not the same as being isolated, you will have problems if you don’t engage fully in life. If you withdraw into yourself, your life will become stagnant. When you flow with life, you will be one with all things and will avoid stagnation and decay.
We live by rules and a way of living that has been given to us by our parents and institutions. We have the power to transcend these entrapments for an alternate way of life. We can live in a world of love, respect, and beauty by just giving up our addictions, taught to us by others.
If we wish to know what a person is like we need only to observe on whom he bestows his care and what side of his own nature he cultivates and nourishes. If we want to take care of all things, cultivate and nourish the good parts of your character and everything will be taken care of.
Quote: Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.