Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.

What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.

But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most original and creative side of you can re-emerge only when you get time of your own, free time, wide-open time, uncommitted time, time in which to go after dreams or do absolutely nothing if you choose. Without it you can't have a self.

You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you

I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can't have it all at once and you can't have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.

Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.