It doesn't matter what you did or where you were, it matters where you are and what you're doing.
It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.
Black has depth.. you can go into it.. And you start seeing what you're afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.
It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.
The biggest problem is the moment you say "spirituality," somebody starts talking about God, someone else about mukti, someone else about nirvana and someone else about the Ultimate. They are all already up there. You cannot do anything with people who are already up there. If somebody is down here, you can do something with them. You can only take a step if your feet are on the ground, isn't it? The moment you talk about God, you are not here anymore; you know it all. You can only start a journey from where you are. You cannot start a journey from where you are not. If you are willing to come down to where you are, then we can see what the next step is. If you are already on the third step to heaven, what can I do with you?
Sometimes you sit around
Don't know what to do,
don't know where you're going to
All you have to be is you
What else can you do
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
What do you want, that I should start crying, ‘Oh, crisis, we have a crisis!’ Do you want that?
For us, it is not who you are, who your family is or where you come from that matters. It is what you are and what you can do for our country that counts.