How you are should never be determined by how someone else is. If you allow that, you will be a slave to that someone.

Everything that happens in the material world is essentially a certain kind of wave. If you are a good sailor, every wave is a possibility.  

For someone who is intelligent, everything that happens is an opportunity.

If we want to make the world better than it is right now, one step is for You to strive to become a little better each day.

Goodness is an assumed position. Joy is a real experience.