“Attaining the goal of a full, happy life, ripe with experiences well-used, means that each of us will become a paradox – free, yet constrained by necessity; shrewd, yet innocent; open to others, yet self-reliant; strong, yet able to yield; centered on the highest values, yet able to accept imperfection; realistic about the suffering existence imposes on us, yet full of gratitude for life as it is.”
