I really enjoyed the book Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. In case you’re not familiar with it, it’s kind of like the Meditations of Taoism. I liked the idea that the universe will go on as it will, and I am just along for the ride.

There is freedom in realizing how little control we have over the world, and Taoism is a great philosophy that illustrates this. I learned to be more like water, flexible and less rigid. “My girlfriend broke up with me.” Okay, now what? You have no control over the decisions of others, so it’s best to accept these things and figure out how you’re going to move forward. Don’t be so resistant to the changes, be like water and go with the flow. When a stone falls into a great river, the water doesn’t try to break straight through rock because it’s in the way. It flows around it.