If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down. — Buddha

If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.

Author: Buddha

Insight: We think giving up means sacrifice, but Buddha's point is subtler—most of what we're carrying isn't even ours to begin with. That grudge, that "what if," that need to prove something? They're just deadweight pretending to be identity. Freedom isn't dramatic; it's the relief of finally setting down what was never yours to hold.

Source: Song of Solomon, page 179