If you haven’t figured it out yet, an absolutely certain way to lose something as quickly as possible is to forget the privilege you have to possess it in the first place.

Common sense is one of the most unused commodities available to man.

Disappointment focuses on ‘what is not,’ and completely misses the far greater reality of ‘what now is.

Starting over begins when I develop a reawakened appreciation for what I already have, a renewed recognition of what I’ve recklessly forsaken, a rehabilitated understanding that I foolishly do both of those things, and a revitalized commitment to live the rest of my life never doing either of them again.

The greatest loss lies in our inability to accept loss.