North Star

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The Little Chap Who Follows Me

A careful man I want to be —

a little fellow follows me.

I do not dare to go astray,

for fear he’ll go the self-same way.

I cannot once escape his eyes.

Whatever he sees me do he tries.

Like me he says he’s going to be —

that little chap who follows me…

He knows that I am big and fine —

And believes in every word of mine.

The ba

"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”

—Charles Bukowski

To raise grateful kids, be grateful for your kids.

– Janice Kaplan (The Gratitude Diaries)

Do not demand to be appreciated, but let your satisfaction be the pleasure of others.

– The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein