The most ambitious project I ever taken on was to change myself, and my perspective of the world.
It required me to look at myself and recognize that no one was there for me, and if I didn’t change I was going to go on being miserable. But changing the way I lived and perceived things was not going to be an easy task.
It required a combination of self-awareness, consistent action, forgiving myself and those who hurt me, and a whole lot of patience. I had to focus on small, inactive habits, and those things don’t happen overnight.
From Pity to Praise 