The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.

Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.

You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence.

I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one.