Life offers us thousands of opportunities for learning. Every man and every woman, in every day of our lives, always has a good opportunity to surrender to Love. Life is not a long vacation, but a constant learning process.
Those who know how to love love Truth, rejoice with the truth, and do not fear it, because sooner or later it redeems everything. They seek the Truth with a clear, humble mind lacking prejudice or intolerance— and are ultimately satisfied with what they find.
Why do we want to live forever? Because we want to live another day with this person by our side. Because we want to keep going with someone who deserves our love, and who knows how to love us we think we deserve to be loved.
… I learned that with my dad when I was a teenager: we hiked the Matterhorn and I stopped every minute to take pictures until he fumed: “ Do you think all this beauty and grandeur can fit in a little square of film? Record things in your heart. It’s more important than trying to show people what you’re experiencing.”
“ Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may take us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, etc. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn’t live. Because one day they will look back and hear their own heart say: ‘ I wasted my life.’ “