
If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable. – Rainer Maria Rilke

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders. – Augustine of Hippo

Explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. – Edward Abbey
Like a river, you too will lead to something much bigger. – Ash
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. – Roger Miller
Life is not what happened back there or what might happen up ahead. Life is like the rhythm of the heart — every breath, every blink of the eye. It is beat by beat, moment by moment. This…is all there is. This…is all we need. – Andy Puddicombe

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. – Swami Vivekananda
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. – Desmond Tutu
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Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax. – Bryant McGill