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You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.

The real thing is that you are suffering from your expectations. When they are not fulfilled—and they are never going to be fulfilled—frustration arises, failure arises, and you feel neglected, as if existence does not care for you. Drop expectations for the future. Remain open, remain available to whatsoever happens, but don’t plan ahead. Don’t make psychological, fixed ideas about the future—that things should be ‘like this'—and much suffering will disappear.

An amazing thing happens when you get honest with yourself and start doing what you love, what makes you happy. Your life literally slows down. You stop wishing for the weekend. You stop merely looking forward to special events. You begin to live in each moment and you start feeling like a human being. You just ride the wave that is life, with this feeling of contentment and joy. You move fluidly, steadily, calm and grateful. A veil is lifted, and a whole new perspective is born.