Dec 10 2012: I doubt that we can be happy anytime we want, more as many times as we want. It is a choice in many situations, but perhaps not in all situations. The culture we grow up in has alot to do with what makes us happy. As you mentioned it's different for everybody. I lived in another culture for years and found that when I returned to the culture of my birth, I was feeling very different about what makes me happy.
Oct 24 2012: She is saying that her understanding of her own imperfection has given her freedom to be happy and vulnerable, that these can coexist. She asks us to face the reality of insecurity and let that scary part of life out into the open, get used to it, not try to run away from it.
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