You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge. - Eckhart Tolle

Instead of asking "what do I want from life?", a more powerful question is, "what does life want from me?"

You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.

The great Zen master Rinzai, in order to take his students' attention away from time, would often raise his finger and slowly ask: "What, at this moment, is lacking?" A powerful question that does not require an answer on the level of the mind. It is designed to take your attention deeply into the Now. A similar question in the Zen tradition is this: "If not now, when?" p. 38