Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
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.
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.