Money lost can be earned back;

A job lost can be found again;
Friends lost can be made again;
Even love lost can return.

Life, from the start, has nothing at all—
Why fear failure, why fear starting over?
Take what you gain calmly, and let what you lose pass lightly.

You don’t have to pretend that you’re doing very well,
and not many people care whether you’re doing well or not.

Eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink—
pursue basic material comfort,
and then, appropriately, bring yourself spiritual joy.