There are many people in this world who feel the need to trace their roots – it could be an academic interest, or it could be something necessary to their understanding of themselves, and what they are today. The only equipment needed on this journey, are –objectivity without blame, acceptance without explanations, honesty without excuses, and humor without cynicism…
And…
Forgiveness without strings…first forgive and be kind to yourself, then others…
For...
Our happiness depends only on ourselves. Think someone else is going to make us happy? we'll be waiting forever...because, our life is our life...and our happiness is our responsibility...entirely...we have to find it/create it/make it...
i.e. if one wants to live fully and fearlessly without being paralyzed or stymied…