”Cultivate alone time without being lonely. Reading and writing help. Develop a deep and secret sense of respect, first for yourself and then for the rest of the world. Sympathy for all things. Reading helps. When you’re hurt by other people, remember it’s nothing personal and that their anger has more to do with them than it does with you. The world is beautiful and cruel and the best refuge is yourself.

Petra Magno, on being happy (via sandwichspy)

(Source: day-breaking)