There is no list of rules. There is one rule. The rule is: there are no rules. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be. Being traditional is not traditional anymore. It’s funny that we still think of it that way. Normalize your lives, people. You don’t want a baby? Don’t have one. I don’t want to get married? I won’t. You want to live alone? Enjoy it. You want to love someone? Love someone. Don’t apologize. Don’t explain. Don’t ever feel less than. When you feel the need to apologize or explain who you are, it means the voice in your head is telling you the wrong story. Wipe the slate clean. And rewrite it. No fairy tales. Be your own narrator. And go for a happy ending. One foot in front of the other. You will make it. Shonda Rhimes
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The first thing you need to do to be successful and happy is to be yourself. This seems simple but most of the time people are trying too hard to be something they are not. They are trying to fit in with others around them. This is what makes people miserable because they are not happy with themselves.

You have to be happy with who you are or you will never be truly happy. It is not the purpose of life to live out someone else’s expectations of you. If they don’t like you, they don’t like you.

If they want you to change, they want you to change. Don’t let them make your life miserable or let them make you miserable by being someone that you are not. These people will fail at making it work anyway because perhaps they are not meant to be together anyway.

Source: Year Of Yes: How To Dance It Out, Stand In The Sun And Be Your Own Person

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