I was reading an interview with Tom Robbins in the NYT magazine and I likes these things he said:
He liked a parable about “always aiming for the stars, but if you only get as high as the moon, accept that cheerfully.”
“What I’ve learned along the way is that existence is cosmic theater, but paradoxically, we should play our roles to the absolute best of our ability while having the wisdom not to take them too seriously.”
Good advice.