101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think

Have you ever been anxious about something you didn't care about? Probably not. You are only anxious about the things that matter to you. See your anxiety as an indicator for what is really important to you.

Imagine a world where everyone is blind. What about you will impress the people around you? How will they view you?

This is my favourite takeaway from the book, because it beautifully shows that none of all these materialistic things and outer looks really matter. What is of true importance is how you interact with the people around you, your character and your personality.

Focus on how your life feels instead of what it looks like.

...is what you secretly hate about yourself! You simply ignore and suppress these things which is why you are often not aware of them.

At the same time, what you love about other people, is usually what you love about yourself!

So in order to figure out what you like or dislike about yourself, take a look at how you react to the people around you.

Every feeling you experience is okay. You can only appreciate happiness once you experienced sadness. In fact, people that are happy all the time and that never experience negative feelings are mentally unhealthy. Feel your negative emotions but don't give them too much significance or they will hold you back.