We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
Stories are how we make sense of the world, even when they don’t make sense.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.