I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.
The past has no power over the present moment.
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.