The trials and challenges of daily life can indeed be the most arduous; particularly the ones that come from within. You looked for the light and you found it, the one secret to happy living is to look for the positives :-)
People care about you sir, don't you worry about that; and I'm sure there will be more travels on your horizon both outside and inside, as you move into the future :-)
Hear hear! :) There most definitely will. Sometimes it's hard to see the light, very hard. But the good things in life are never easy to obtain, hehe.
Indeed, we build ourselves from the gournd up :)