It seemed that the quieter the mind, the more that solutions became self-evident.

I clearly remember deciding that from now on if life was unfolding in a certain way, and the only reason I was resisting it was because of a personal preference, I would let go of my preference and let life be in charge.

Was it possible that life had more to give us than we could ever take for ourselves?

I had gone through most of my life thinking I knew what was good for me, but life itself seemed to know better.

Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me?

My personal experience is that aligning one’s will with the natural forces unfolding around us leads to some surprisingly powerful results.

For every thing there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.

The difference is amazing between the first time you do something and the next.

My formula for success was very simple: Do whatever is put in front of you with all your heart and soul without regard for personal results. Do the work as though it were given to you by the universe itself—because it was.