We either get success or lessons. If we learn our lessons successfully, we get both.
The material world may be nothing but illusion.
To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.
Love is a state of being in harmony with oneself.
Scared is what happens when the sacred gets scrambled.
Like a garden that is carefully tended, the rewards are well worth the effort.