Gratitude
Be content with little, be kind, be free.
From Meric Casaubon, Meditations (1634, PD)
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive.
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.
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The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have himself.