Many decry their misfortune at not "getting theirs," forgetting they've already gotten it and now it is up to them to make an art of it: to build an altar to the sacred past, to merge with their heart in the immediate present, to open beyond old knowing to the mysterious future.
To discover what we already possess is to go beyond our limited idea of who, and even what, we are. Discovering our true nature is called "finding our lotus" by some.
— Stephen Levine, A Year to Live