that the mud and muck of life’s challenges can provide fertile ground for our development. As the lotus grows, it rises through the water to eventual… - Jay Shetty

When monks talk about happiness, they tell the story of the musk deer, a tale derived from a poem by Kabir, a fifteenth-century Indian mystic and poet. The musk deer picks up an irresistible scent in the forest and chases it, searching for the source, not realizing that the scent comes from its own pores. It spends its whole life wandering fruitlessly. In the same way we search for happiness, finding it elusive, when it can be found within us.

Alone, we learn to love ourselves, to understand ourselves, to heal our own pain, and to care for ourselves.

Jim Carrey once said, “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of, so they can see that it’s not the answer.