Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life.

I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness. All forms of misery are heralded by a frame of mind that must become immediately recognizable if we are ever to gain mastery in happiness...Take the time to look in your heart and be clear. Walk through life being clear. Practice doing each thing in peace.

Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life.

Don't strive for love, be it.

Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given; I have not embraced what I have learned; I lack my own conviction.