Nothing surpasses the holiness of those who have learned perfect acceptance of everything that is.

In the game of cards called life one plays the hand one is dealt to the best of one’s ability.

Those who insist on playing, not the hand they were given, but the one they insist they should have been dealt – these are life’s failures.

We are not asked if we will play. That is not an option. Play we must. The option is how. (From “Taking Flight” by Anthony de Mello, 31)