The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

Recurrent floods of sadness and anger gradually wash away the rubble of the defunct relationship, leaving only the bits of treasure: the remembered moments of real communion, a new understanding of your own mistakes, a clear picture of the dysfunctions you will never tolerate again.

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.