When I start to feel discontent with my life, I take stock in what I've got and I'm very thankful for the great blessings that have been bestowed upon me.

Do I want more? Absolutely! But not having it doesn't cast a shadow over my true appreciation for what I do have.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.