I can see myself in different ways. I am not obligated to see myself the same way all the time. I can change my perception of myself. That is what shamanic magic is.

They brainwash you so that you admire in them a superior power that you don't imagine you have in yourself, but you can have it also.

"The best advice anyone ever gave me was that if it is really hard to do/write/make something, you may really just not want to do it and you have to listen to that."