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

Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.

We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.

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

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.

Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.

This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own isolation and find strength, and comfort, and warmth for and in each other. This is what human beings do. This is what we live for, the way horses live to run.