#WithChude

Depression is also just a bully, and like every bully, it runs away from those who stand up to it. It is how you stand up to it that makes the difference.

Build new routines, build new rhythms, build new rituals. You must always remember that you created them to help you live a better life.

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Non-attachment says, ‘I will enjoy it, but I’ll realise that at anytime, it can go. So, I’ll both enjoy it and be prepared to lose it at anytime’, at the same time.

Grief is an inescapable part of human existence. The reason why many of us cannot handle grief is because we pretend to ourselves that the people that we love will never leave us.

It is a very miserable way to live life - the lack of the ability to control your reflexes, to say to yourself, ‘people have done this but I am going to choose my reaction’.

The only thing that is predictable about the future is that the future is unpredictable, and so your best bet is to prepare for change.

When someone tells you to not be emotional, ignore them, be emotional. You’re a human being and that’s what human beings do - we emote!

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We see a friend’s new car, you wish them well but suddenly you compare yourself with them and you’re like ‘Oh my God, what have I been doing with my life?’