Real improvement often feels like loss before it feels like gain. There's a valley you have to walk through where the old pattern is gone but the new… - Kpaxs

The universe is basically one giant psychological projection screen and everyone else is just walking around wearing your unresolved issues. This is why the most annoying people are your best teachers. Who triggers you isn't your enemy, they're a free diagnostic tool.

By protecting yourself from the possibility of failing, you guarantee you never get to succeed either. You traded the whole upside to avoid one bad afternoon of feeling not-enough. That's a horrible trade.

Peace is sanity.

Peace wants nothing, needs nothing, and is entirely self-fulfilled.

As such, peace is not confused by impermanent circumstances, thoughts, and feelings.

It sees clearly.