“What is it that brings on these moods of yours? Nothing mysterious: the ordinary pain of being alive.” — Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil

 “Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” — Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agre…