To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something.
Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable.
I know that human beings are capable of anything.
When you stop inventing reality then you see things as they really are.
This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.