“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” ― Anne Frank

 For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatsoever in making plans for a future which you will never be able to enjoy.

When your plans mature, you will still be living for some other future beyond.
You will never, never be able to sit back with full contentment and say, "Now, I've arrived!"
Your entire education has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparing you for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now.

-Alan Watts

Let your haters think they’re winning… they have power by giving them what they are trying to take from you and do your own plans.

 "Let the wisdom of the elders pass hope to the youngsters of pure lineage… that there are also wise youngsters coming up in the new culture that will understand and embrace the old ways with honor. Yes, they may change them a bit to up-date them for a new time, but they will keep the core knowledge and give credit to those who loved Humanity enough to finally share what their ancestors knew."

• Kryon

It was a good peaceful, easy weekend. My favorite was ice cream with my daughter and granddaughter.

 You're not here to see how much you can take or handle.

You're here for you first. It isn't a selfish approach to think of life that way, it is a self full and self aware one.
Until you understand that your own peace and purpose is valid and important, and until you start prioritising your own well being, you won't be able to give others the help that they need.
All great, lasting and worthwhile things unfold from that self fullness, when you allow your actions to be an extension of the love and worth that you have for yourself.