I happen to be alive, and there’s no cosmic…
Page 67 I happen to be alive, and there’s no cosmic law entitlement that status. Being alive is just happenstance, and that one more day of it is guaranteed. When you turn your attention instead to the fact that you’re in a position to have an irritating experience in the first place, matters are liable to look very different indeed.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations) · Four Thousand Weeks-Time Management for Mortals, written by Oliver Burkeman