Often, the difference between unrest and peace of mind is a factor of what you expect.  Expect a lot, and you’ll be regularly disappointed.  Have no expectations at all, and you’ll find life is rich and full of wonderful surprises.  It can be liberating when you finally accept there’s no right or wrong way about the way life unfolds.

It is as it is.

When you accept this, when you can step aside from what ‘you’ know to be the way things are supposed to happen,  it’s like being a child again.  You can start to experience every aspect of life with freshness and fascination.  Not only does this add a touch of novelty to the mundane, it reveals so much that you might never have otherwise noticed.

— Excerpt from A Piece of the Quiet by Paul Wilson