Feeling dissatisfied over what life presents in any given moment is like standing before the whole ocean and getting negative because part of you believes there’s only one place to enter its waters where it’s possible to enjoy yourself.

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Nothing is too great for who you really are . . . any more than the ocean fears the rain-swollen rivers that rush in to fill it.

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Remember, all comes in waves; the only thing that changes is their direction, which must happen by law. The only thing unchanging is the ocean from which these waves come. To know this truth, and to “rest” in it, is to not resist the waves when they move counter to one’s wishes.