“Be not a closed person, instead, open your heart and your mind…
  

  …Only then can love, ideas, compassion, sympathy, and spirit flow freely.
  Let an invisible bridge pass from all corners of the earth through you.
  Tear down the walls of distrust, of prejudice, of suspicion, and of judgement.
  Keep always a spare room, so that a guest may find comfort and solace in your home.
  For the wise person knows that true treasures cannot be taken from the heart, nor from the mind.
  It is through understanding this, that one may find a path to the unmoving lake, which welcomes all
  and turns back none, and even in the presence of a great, powerful, and terrifying storm…
  can remain still, calm…ripples gently spreading over the surface, while underneath…
  there is only silence and peace.”

-Andrew Zeller

PS: Happy Birthday to one of the people responsible for me being alive today!