I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself.
What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.
Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you. And Stay.
Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions
Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s when you start to lose confidence in yourself.
Haters are the people who will broadcast your failures and whisper your success.
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.
If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.
Most of my cousins are boys, so I'm used to being around boys.