"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”⎯Albus Dumbledore

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy.” ⎯Jim Rohn

"To love thyself is to know thyself, for self-awareness unwittingly breeds acceptance." Travis Bradberry

 “The trick is in what one emphasizes. We make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”⎯C. Castaneda