I felt delight when I had dinner last night with the speaker, sharing our stories. I am grateful for being a student at the U of T and being in Canada. The resources here get me empowered and give me the skills to live the life in an ideal way. Thank you fate for bringing me here. I am truly grateful for this.

My suffering at the moment seems unavoidable. I am very grateful for this experience. May happiness be born from the suffering, happiness of myself and others.

Do my part well. Be grateful for my opportunity to work on this project in astrophysics, and make my small contribution and earn a PhD degree on the way; read something aloud every day so that I can speak better, which will let others get to know my thoughts more easily.

Should I hope that all the difficulties be avoided in my life? One would be really lucky that way, and lucky people do exist but not many. The weeds in my life have taught me that I am not a special one in this world, thus bringing me closer to reality. And the difficulties that I have been through bring me closer to the many others who have suffered. I am grateful for being able to be more connected and compassionate to other people.