If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along.

If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.