The next time a challenging situation presents itself, take a pause and make the conscious choice to meet it with curiosity or humor or the knowledge… - Jen Sincero

Most people are living in an illusion based on someone else’s beliefs.

We don't realize it, but we're making the perks we get from perpetuating our stories more important than getting the things we really want because it's familiar territory, it's what we're comfy with and we're scared to let it go.

I mean, overall I was doing pretty well - I'd published a couple of books, had lots of good friends, a close family, an apartment, a car that ran, food, teeth, clothes, clean drinking water - compared to the majority of the planet, my life was a total cream stuff. But compared to what I knew I was capable of, I was, shall we say, unimpressed