To stop conjuring up these projections, these ghosts in our minds, we have to be empathetic. The only way to combat the false narratives we create is to discover the truth of someone. The only way to discover someone’s truth is to be deeply empathetic.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, as he quoted Jesus Christ, “A house Divided against itself cannot stand.”  If in your mind, in your house, one part of you hates another part of you, then your house is doomed to fall.

You have to stop looking for closure. The hardest thing is acknowledging when something you've put so much time and effort into, just isn't working. You have to surrender.

I was just in my mind freaking out thinking, "What am I gonna do? what am I gonna do?" repeated ad nauseum.