To think you know what is best for another person is an industrial-strength ego trip.

I've been a musician since I was nine. I think a ghost or goblin visited me in the night. Maybe aliens abducted me, or a divine figure sent me a spiritual memo. Who knows.

Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.

Whatever you think and talk about paves the runway for what you will create.

Your life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be enjoyed. You are doing better than you think.

The thoughts you think when you are happiest are the closest to the truth.