yogaprivatelessons:

Relationship do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring the pain and unhappiness that is already in you.

~ Eckhart Tolle

It’s almost as if he has won re-election and knows he will never have to run again and hears the clock ticking on his last chance to use the power of the presidency on the causes he cares about. If anyone were wondering whether Obama wanted to lower expectations for his second term … no, he apparently does not.

James Fallows, the Atlantic journalist and former White House speechwriter, assesses Barack Obama’s address today. (via election)