“The secret to a successful life-long friendship is not trying to find someone to grow old with, but finding someone to stay a child with.” Lama Dharma Ding Dong.

 “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“Being controlled by unhelpful third party influence because you want them to like you is never going to allow the mind to be at peace with itself, others and the world around it.”

Lama Dharma DingDong

“When you can't control what's happening, it's helpful to challenge yourself to respond to what's happening in a way that causes the least amount of physical, emotional or psychological harm to yourself, others and the world around you.”

Downward Dog

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