it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

Live the life you always wanted to live. Avoid criticizing others and concentrate on fulfilling your dreams.

Just try to love, and manifest it. When your heart is open, there is this energy of love that flows in, fulfills everything and somehow transmutes itself into actions.

You have a personal legend to fulfil, period. It is of no matter if others support you, or criticise you, ignore or tolerate you. You are doing that because that is your destiny on this earth, and the source of any joy.

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

This is for you,' he (the Alchemist) said, holding one of the parts (of gold) out to the monk. 'It's for your generosity to the pilgrims.' 'But this payment goes well beyond my generosity,' the monk responded. 'Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

I refuse to walk faintly through life only to arrive safely at death!