I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

正因为当初对未来做了太多的憧憬，所以对现在的自己尤其失望。生命中曾经有过的所有灿烂，终究都需要用寂寞来偿还。

True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.