"We learn through pain until we evolve to learn

through joy."

Funny thing is,

that some people hold on to pain like an old friend,

and they cannot tell the difference

between the open hand that lifts up,

and the back hand that beats down.


I pray to not be that person.

And I pray that I would rather be poor

with a soul that is open to receive

and express all the highs and the lows of this life,

than the most successful

and renowned professional

that sold his soul and trampled

over the remains of others.

~The teachings of Buddha~