Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Society in General Always Seems to Honor its Living Conformists & its Dead Troublemakers

Enjoy the moment, because that is all you have. You never are going to arrive someplace else. You are in a constant state of living in this moment, and that is the only arrival there is. In fact, you will arrive when you stop trying to get someplace else.

People treat us the way we teach them to treat us.

What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.

The ego promotes turmoil because it wants to substantiate your separateness from everyone, including God. It will push you in the direction of judgment and comparison, and cause you to insist on being right and best. You know your highest self by listening to the voice that only wants you to be at peace.