Where Ever You Go, You Are. Stop Doing. Start Being.

Most people make the mistake of thinking about the future.
They say, "In the future I'll be happy, when I get married,
when I get divorced, when I find a new job,
when I quit my job and do nothing.
But I say to you, unless you are happy now ...
there will be no happiness in the future.
Every ideal condition you're looking for, you have to acquire it now.
If you want peace of mind you can’t run to another country
or to another city to try to find it.
Peace of mind exists exactly where you are.
Peace of mind is you.
But you think it's something on the outside.
There is a person who hates their job, and they say,
"I'm going to move to Seattle. The people are nicer there.
I do not seem to get along with anyone at my job.
I'm unhappy here in Los Angeles." So you move to Seattle.
The environment is new, everything seems to be all right.
Within six months Seattle becomes Los Angeles.
Same problem, different people.
You've got to take yourself with you wherever you go.
You can’t escape from yourself.
Do not believe that others will make you happy,
that a new environment will make you happy.
It may appear to do so in the beginning.
Sure there are people who never stay in one place long.
They get bored and go somewhere else.
How long can they keep it up?
In the last analyses you have to confront yourself.
No one can bring you happiness.
No one can bring you peace except yourself.
You have to stay where you are, even though the environment
or your circumstances may seem unpleasant in the beginning.

The wise person remains where they are
and begins to work on themselves.
They begin to transcend the body-mind .
To the extent you begin to transcend the body-mind ,
to that extent you find happiness and peace.

~Robert Adams 
T37 Everything can be met with "Who Am I?"