daily contemplation

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."

~ Marcus Aurelius

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

~ Soren Kierkegaard

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

~ Swami Vivekananda