Life can be quite strange. It’s said that life is like a mirror, in that everything you perceive is a reflection of your inner world. You could also say that life is like water, which has no shape of its own. If you pour it into a round container, it takes on a round shape; if you pour it into a square container, it takes on a square shape. By the same token, our lives take the shape of our choosing, so we might as well choose a happy shape.
~Khangser Rinpoche~