I feel like he is saying that he is living in the joy or love of what he has created but that is just my opinion the meaningful textual evidence to support your answer is: "lived in a paradise of my own creation"
Wow, there are so many things I could think of. I would tell them that I am so proud of them for still working through it. You have to understand that people are always going to judge, that doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do, but it will happen. Bullies are usually very insecure about themselves and like to bring other people down in the sense that it ‘brings them up’. Ignore it, let it roll off your shoulders because their comments? They mean nothing. Don’t give them the satisfaction of being hurt by it. If you don’t let it bother you they will eventually get bored because it doesn’t give them anything back. Be the bigger person. You got this!!
