I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

I have learned to accept that, in the present moment at least, things are exactly as they are meant to be, and although I cannot control the future any more than I could control the wind and the weather, I can manage it and influence it in a positive way.

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.

The Milky Way swooped diagonally across the heavens, reminding me of my utter insignificance, and at the same time my complete interconnection with everything. I was just a tiny speck of consciousness, and yet I was consciousness itself.