When making a decision, focus on what feels "shackles off" versus "shackles on".

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

Where your attention goes, your life goes.

Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.

I have discovered that many of the things I thought were priceless are as cheap as costume jewelry, and much of what I labeled worthless was, all the time, filled with the kind of beauty that directly nourishes my soul... Now I think that the vast majority of us "normal" people spend our lives trashing our treasures and treasuring our trash. We bustle around trying to create the impression that we are hip, imperturbable, omniscient, in perfect control, when in fact we are awkward and scared and bewildered.

Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.

You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.