Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations

Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one you have, and there will be no other life after it. So the longest and the shortest lives are the same. The present moment is shared by all living creatures, but the time that is past is gone forever. No one can lose the past or the future, for if they don't belong to you, how can they be taken from you?

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred; there is nothing that is not interconnected with everything else. For things are interdependent, and they combine to form this universal order. There is only one universe made up of all things, and one creator who pervades them; there is one substance and one law, namely, common reason in all thinking creatures, and all truth is one-if, as we believe, there is only one path of perfection for all beings who share the same mind.

The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.