You’re floating in empty space in a universe that goes on forever. If you have to be here, at least be happy and enjoy the experience. You’re going to die anyway. Things are going to happen anyway. Why shouldn’t you be happy? You gain nothing by being bothered by life’s events. It doesn’t change the world; you just suffer. There’s always going to b

We can’t control what life throws our way, but we can control how we react to it. As we do, maybe we come closer to a meaningful life than any plan could ever take us. To do this, though, we have to let go of what we think we deserve and embrace what is, which just might lead to something better than we ever could have imagined.

‘You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.’

It’s okay not to know exactly what you want to do next—or to want to do too many things at the same time. It’s okay not to have the one right answer—or to try many different answers to see which feels most right. It’s okay to end up in places you didn’t expect to get to—or to change your mind about the place you always thought you would want to go.