Own Your Slippers

Every once in a while, I read a novel that stays with me for a long time. One of those is Abraham Verghese's novel, Cutting for Stone. Here is a quote from his book because he has found words for something complex that can heal the heart. He writes: "The key to your happiness is to own your own slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions but also our omissions, become our destiny."