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He went outside and looked at the sky. It was raining stars. He was sorry, because he would rather have seen a tranquil sky. He heard roosters crowing. He felt the mantle of night covering the earth. The earth, "this vale of tears."
The question is not whether we can shape the universe but what kind of reality we wish to create. Will we build lives—and a world—defined by fear and limitation, or will we embrace the immense potential of our collective consciousness to shape a future worthy of our dreams?
None of us still living is in God's grace. We can't lift up our eyes, because they're filled with shame. And shame doesn't help.
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.
overall, the message I really want to leave you with is this: you can create luck . That’s it. I don’t care how you do it, what mental model you use, who you quote. I just care that you do it. Go make yourself more lucky.
For one gains by losing
And loses by gaining.
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