If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

..Since depression is a genetic biological illness, like diabetes, or low thyroid, it wasn't lack of character, laziness, or something I could "snap out of"-it would be like trying to snap out of a toothache.

There is no answer to any of these questions. It's a matter of time and timing, of seas and seasons, of breathing in and breathing out. It's a matter of balance.

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

You are powerful. Sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. You are. You can continue arm wrestling with yourself, or you can use both arms, your whole heart, and all your strength to wrestle with greatness. The choice is yours.

Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals