Monday Mantra 114

May 11, 2015

What is gain without a loss? What is health without illness? You have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. There is always going to be suffering. It’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you." - Mark Twain

The pendulum of every experience, every day, swings wide or short arcs between gain and loss, success and failure, victory and defeat. That rhythm is set for us by the fact of being human. Our greatest individual power resides in our attitude towards experience. The story we tell ourselves about our lives, what we choose to do with the natural flow, and the ups and downs of experience decides our capacity for peace, joy, meaning, contribution and eventually our legacy.