Letting People In Is Largely A Matter

We Feel Understood By People Who Like Us; Misunderstood By People Who Don't -- And Those Feelings Are Probably Realistic.

Perfectionism Is A Slow Death. If Everything Were To Turn Out Just Like I Would Want It To, Just Like I Would Plan For It To, Then I Would Never Experience Anything New; My Life Would Be An Endless Repetition Of Stale Successes. When I Make A Mistake I Experience Something Unexpected.... When I Have Listened To My Mistakes I Have Grown.

Whenever I Find Myself Arguing For Something With Great Passion, I Can Be Certain I'm Not Convinced.

Stands Must Be Taken. If I Am To Respect Myself I Have To Search Myself For What I Believe Is Right And Take A Stand On What I Find. Otherwise, I Have Not Gathered Together What I Have Been Given; I Have Not Embraced What I Have Learned; I Lack My Own Conviction.

The Components Of Happiness Are Quite Simple. Happiness Is Gentleness, Peace, Concentration, Simplicity, Forgiveness, Humor, Fearlessness, Trust, And Now. In Its True Form Each Quality Includes All The Rest, For Happiness Is Whole, And One Feels Whole When Genuinely Happy.