#45

1. Worrying is a means of using up the present moment being consumed about something in the future, over which you have no control.

2. We are all on the same path. We are just on different places on the path.

3. The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift.

4. Assuming too much responsibility for others deprives them of the lessons that arise from the choices they have made.

5. The road to happiness is always under construction.

6. Whenever you have a problem, it involves something past or future. You keep things alive in your present mind by giving them attention and energy, letting them live rent free in your head.

7. Imagine, in the midst of a heated argument, that the person you are arguing with suddenly clutches his/her heart, utters a cry, and falls dead at your feet. Where is your anger now?

8. Where is your envy and jealousy, your resentment and pain?

9. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.