When we run from our feelings, they follow us. Everywhere.
The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.
Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.
Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.