You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
You can learn as much - or more - from one glance at a private space as you can from hours of exposure to a public face.