But what does it matter what reality is outside myself, so long as it has helped me to live, to feel that I am, and what I am?

---

Enjoy the precious moments of the present while they LAST . Don't waste them overplanning the future, or overthinking the PAST. ― Mouloud Benzadi

---

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

---

I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments. ― John Barrowman

---

I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days before I die, the moments before I sleep. ― Ann Voskamp

---

Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.

---

I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. ― Sylvia Plath

---

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. ― Chili Davis

---

Let people judge me as they please - I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.

---

If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself. – Rumi

---