However imperfect you still are, happiness is about knowing you’ve got the power to make things better
via @bigthink How Do You Pursue Happiness? | Big ThinkThis "friendly interest" is deceptively simple. Russell means a kind of warm, scientific curiosity, not raw vulnerability. He doesn't advocate letting other people emotionally destroy you. This is the curiosity of a person comfortable in her own skin and prepared, therefore, to meet weirdness with interest [...]