I learned the hard way that I cannot always count on others to respect my feelings, even if I respect theirs. Being a good person doesn’t guarantee that others will be good people. You only have control over yourself and how you choose to be a person. As for others, you can only choose to accept them or walk away.  ~Author Unknown

Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face. ― Manoj Arora

Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. ~Peace Pilgrim

Plunging into Horseshoe Lake. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.

Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching