"I am grateful I descended from a farmer. To that link with the soil I owe
whatever measure of physical energy and stability I have. Without it I should
have turned into a hopeless neurotic.
Whatever you do, never allow yourself to get a neuroses...But it can be avoided. Keep clear of introspection, of brooding, of spiritualism, of everything eccentric. Keep to work and sanity and open air - to the cheerful and the matter of fact side of things.
We hold our mental health by a thread: and nothing is worth risking it for. Above all beware of excessive dreaming, of seeing yourself in the center of a drama, of self pity, and, as far as possible, of fears. — " CS Lewis
