"what is life?

it is the flash of a firefly in the night,

it is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime,

it is the little shadow which runs across the grass

and loses itself in the sunset."

-crowfoot, blackfoot warrior and orator.

"the truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt."

-thomas merton