What you think of yourself and what the world thinks of you is only socially relevant. Existentially, only the core experience of life matters.

The experience of life should mature you. It is your choice to transform a memory into a wound or wisdom.

Let the light of clarity, joy, and aliveness shine bright in your life. May you have a cracker of a Deepavali.  

With enough attention, just about anything can be mastered.

Your life works to the extent that you make yourself capable, are responsible, and enhance the possibility of who you are.