do you have fundamental concepts u always return to

[machinelves]

when youre confused how do you attribute any meaning to life? even just a level of discretion. what statements do you keep coming back to or hold to be true regardless of your outside world? 

for example it could be:
god is good (cliche yeah yeah)

beauty and harmony tend to be aligned with truth and good

there is a spiritual undertow to life 

everyone has to find their own path and i create my own destiny

etc

how do you think it has shaped who you are and why do you keep returning to it?