Selena Gomez feels more optimistic after making a special trip to Nepal.
The 'Spring Breakers' actress - who recently said she was taking her "power back" after a difficult few months, during which she split from Justin Bieber again, cancelled her world tour, sought treatment in rehab and dumped her parents as her managers - flew to the third-world country with UNICEF on May 20 to meet with child survivors of exploitation and abuse, and admits it was an "eye-opener" and has changed her perspective on life.
She said: "This visit to Nepal was extraordinarily powerful -- at times, devastating and heart-breaking, but also incredibly inspiring.
"At first when you witness children living in extreme poverty you wonder how it is possible that they can be deprived of their basic human needs and rights. Then you talk to these children and you see hope, promise and a bright future."
She added: "The children of Nepal have taught me that with a lot of passion, optimism and hard work, anything is possible. That's the message I would like to convey to young people across the world: Believe in your dreams and pursue them."
Selena, who became an ambassador for the charity in 2009, recently started attending church every day in a bid to reconnect with her spiritual side.
A source previously claimed the brunette beauty was battling "anxiety and depression," adding: "She feels like she has a spiritual gap and that maybe that's why she is struggling."

Rolf Harris' daughter banged her head against a wall upon discovering her father had been accused of sexual assault.
Bindi Harris was "beside herself" when a childhood friend claimed the 84-year-old TV presenter had molested her and confronted him in an angry phone call in 1997, a court has heard today (29.05.14).
Rolf has denied 12 counts of indecent assault against four underage girls, including Bindi's friend, between 1968 and 1986. The star has previously confessed to having a consensual relationship with the woman when she was 18.
Prosecuting barrister Sasha Wass QC quizzed Rolf about his daughter's reaction to the allegations, saying: "Bindi was beside herself?"
The star responded: "I suppose so, yes."
He added that in her anger, Bindi had smashed some paintings had gifted her, while Ms. Wass claimed Bindi had also banged her head against a wall.
Rolf said: "I don't recall her being angry with me in person but I recall her breaking some paintings I had given her so I assumed she was very angry."
The 'Animal Hospital' presenter, who has been supported in court by Bindi and his wife Alwen Hughes, continued to deny any wrongdoing and says his accusers are "lying".

Sir Bruce Forsyth found 'Strictly Come Dancing' a "hard slog".
The 86-year-old TV presenter announced his decision to leave his role as host of the BBC One dancing competition last month, and he admits he found it tough to keep up with the number of contestants and the pressure to ensure the series continues to ride high in the ratings.
He explained: "When it starts you have maybe 15, 16 couples and it's a hard slog. Then the stress ... the bigger a show gets the more you want to keep the show up there and then you get nervous."
Bruce felt it was the "right time" to leave before viewers get sick of him, but will miss being part of the hit show.
He told ITV's 'Loose Women': "I'm going to miss it like mad but there is always a time to go. You've got to make up your mind when is the right time to go, and I thought it was.
"The only thing I could think of is, I didn't want to be like a piece of old fruit where it gradually goes off."
The TV legend will most miss his co-presenter Tess Daly, who will front the new series with Claudia Winkleman.
He added: "I will miss it - Tess particularly. She is a darling to work with and I adore her."

Dame Helen Mirren doesn't think her marriage would have lasted if she had settled down earlier.
The 68-year-old actress wed director Taylor Hackford in 1997 after 12 years together, and though they are incredibly happy and she sometimes regrets not meeting him when they were younger, she thinks their relationship is stronger for it.
She said: "I used to say to Taylor, 'Oh why didn't we meet earlier?' But it's a really good thing, because we probably wouldn't be together now. I couldn't have dealt with him earlier on."
The 'Queen' actress insists she has no regrets about never having had a child because her work has always come first.
Speaking to the June/ July issue of AARP the magazine, she said: "I never felt the need for a child and never felt the loss of it. I'd always put my work before anything."
Helen was drawn to acting because it offered her solitude, and insists spending lengthy periods of time alone have never made her "crazy".
She said: "It's a very lonesome operation. I'm perfectly happy being on my own. It doesn't make me crazy."
While she will happily speak her mind in interviews, the veteran actress has no desire to air her thoughts via social media, and thinks sites such as Twitter are like "stinky old pubs".
She said: "It reminds me of a stinky old pub. In the corner would be this slightly disgusting old man who sits there all day, every day. If you went up and talked to him, you'd get the kind of grumpy, horrible old meaningless s**t that you read on Twitter."

Charlize Theron insists it isn't normal to feel comfortable on the red carpet.
The 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' actress doesn't understand how anyone can feel at ease dressed up for high-profile events because they are always such "surreal" occasions and says she will never take them for granted.
She said: "I always say if you get comfortable with that stuff you should probably check yourself because there's nothing natural or normal in that environment at all, and there's never been a moment for me where I've gone 'Oh, it's just that again'. It's definitely always a very surreal reality of my life."
The 38-year-old beauty - who has a two-year-old son, Jackson - began her career as a model and viewed her first job as being a "luxurious waitress" and though she didn't enjoy it, she appreciates the freedom it gave her.
Speaking to the Telegraph website, she said: "I always refer to it as I really luxurious waitressing job. I can't say that it was a dream or passion of mine but I'm so eternally grateful for it because it made me independent. Where I couldn't work as a waiter in a lot of places because I had a South African passport, I had this job where I could do one or two jobs a month and not have to work again and that was enough to pay my rent. To have that financial independence was just so fantastic."

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo will reportedly marry in Mexico this summer.
The couple - who got engaged last July - are planning to tie the knot in Cabo San Lucas in a few months time and will then fly out to the Victoria's Secret model's native South Africa, where they intend to "celebrate with people who can't make the trip," an insider told Us Weekly magazine.
Behati, 25, recently admitted she has already got her wedding gown.
She said: "It's bohemian, very beachy. Very me."
The 35-year-old Maroon 5 frontman celebrated his bachelor party last Friday (23.05.14) in Las Vegas.
Adam was joined by male pals at a private dining room at N9NE Steakhouse inside Palms Casino Resort, where the group dined on shellfish, filets and salads, before ending the meal with espresso shots.
The group stayed at the Palms Casino Resort's Hardwood Suite in a 10,000 sq ft room which came complete with a private dancefloor, 24-hour butler service and indoor basketball court.
The 'Voice USA' judge previously declared he never wanted to marry but later admitted Behati had changed his mind.
He said last year: "Famous last words, 'I'll never get married.' I still don't necessarily think you have to get married unless you meet someone that makes you want to marry them. And then you marry them and it's wonderful."

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are obsessed with erotic literature.
The 50-year-old actor and his 28-year-old fiancee reportedly have a "steamy" relationship and have added spice to their intimate life with vintage sex tomes and photographic collections.
A source told RadarOnline.com: "They have added erotic literature that's even more explicit than '50 Shades of Grey' to their repertoire.
"Amber introduced Johnny to some racy vintage paperbacks and now he's into collecting old photographic sex books and footage from the 1950s and earlier.
"They'll read passages to each other from the books to spice up their already-hot relationship."
The insider claims the couple - who got engaged on Christmas Eve (24.12.13) - regularly go through different fads in the bedroom.
The source said: "It's pretty weird, but they've got a new thing every now and then -- and this is this month's fun thing they do together."
The 'Transcendence' actor - who separated from long-term partner Vanessa Paradis, the mother of his children Lily-Rose, 14, and Jack, 11, in the summer of 2012 - recently insisted the age gap between himself and Amber is not a problem and claimed he has learned a lot from his younger lover.
Asked whether the age difference is ever a problem, he replied: "I don't think so. I've got a lot of life experience, certainly, but I don't feel like I'm looking down on her. Or being her mentor. I actually feel like she's the one inspiring me!"

Britain's Duchess Catherine and Prince William knocked back whisky on their visit to Scotland today (29.05.14).
The royal couple carried out their first official engagement since returning from their tour of Australia and New Zealand a month ago as they arrived at the Famous Grouse Distillery, where they were handed a strong shot of Scotland's beloved national drink.
The Royal Correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper, Rebecca English, wrote on Twitter: "Kate enjoyed several sips of the hard stuff including a 57.8 percent proof whisky that left her eyes watering. 'That's...errr..delicious."
Catherine - known as Kate Middleton before she married into the Royal Family - later had some gin as she and William arrived at Forteviot Fete, near Perth, and according to the Daily Express newspaper, she said: "I'd better not drink too much because of all the whisky I've had at Glenturret."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were created Earl and Countess of Strathearn when they wed in 2011 and this was their first visit to the area since.
The last time the pair visited Scotland was in April last year when they joined the Prince of Wales at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire to open a new outdoor centre.

Jimmy Page became "Sherlock Holmes" to find a bootleg live recording of Led Zeppelin.
The guitarist has been busy remastering the rock band's first three albums - 'Led Zeppelin', 'Led Zeppelin II' and 'Led Zeppelin III' - and compiling companion discs to each LP which contain previously unheard material.
Jimmy had a problem creating a companion disc for their debut 1969 LP 'Led Zeppelin' because there was very little leftover from the sessions but during a trip to Japan to check what illegal recordings of the band are available he was played a live show which was perfect to release.
In an interview on UK radio station Planet Rock - which will air on June 1 - the rocker revealed: "When it came to sort of piecing all of this together through all of the albums there wasn't anything left over from 'Led Zeppelin I' where you could make a proper companion disk to it; there just wasn't because of the nature of how it was recorded and there wasn't that much that went to waste ... So the first album we didn't have anything ... So it sort of dictated the fact that it had to be a live recording and it just so happened that in my Sherlock Holmes disguise going into bootleg shops in Japan ... on the search for studio things that had been stolen and got out. So I heard this (gig), and what it was was this live show and I thought, 'Yeah, I know what that's about, it's got to be early year 69, mid 69,' but I didn't know what it was. It turned out that it was from Paris and that it had been recorded by French radio and that's it. That logged in my mind and then when we didn't have anything that would adequately cover the first album that's the thing I called in."
Jimmy can remember playing the show with his bandmates - bassist John Paul Jones, singer Robert Plant and late drummer John Bonham - and recalls it being a special concert because the fans were so wild.
Speaking about the concert, he said: "I remember the audience being so enthusiastic ... The fans know it's one of those really, really special gigs and all of the French musical aristocracy had played there; like Johnny Hallyday and Sacha Distel. The audience were absolutely fantastic. It shows a real raw energy just coming from us and the audience."
Led Zeppelin are taking over Planet Rock for the entire month of June to celebrate their three remastered albums which will each be played in their entirety, while 100 different Led Zepp songs will be aired across the station's programming over the month.
The reissued 'Led Zeppelin', 'Led Zeppelin II' and 'Led Zeppelin III' LPs are released on June 3.

Ed Sheeran says he has "learned a lot" from Taylor Swift.
The 'A Team' singer has paid tribute to his friend Taylor - who he has record with and supported on tour - and admits she helped him massively when he first went to America to crack the US market.
In an interview with Zane Lowe for upcoming MTV Music show 'Soundchain', he said: "She owns the US pop scene. She knows how to do it. In England I was a commercially successful artist, but coming into the US as an alternative artist playing shows with Snow Patrol. She not only opened the door into the pop world but showed me how to do it."
Ed, 23, has spent a lot of time with Taylor, 24, at her house and has revealed the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' hitmaker is a great cook and especially skilled at baking.
He said: "I did a session in a Phoenix hotel room then flew to LA to record it. Brought in an idea for song then we finished it. Next time I went to her house and she cooked an apple pie. She cooks really good s**t, man. Then she gets out this little Taylor guitar and she's like I've had this idea for this song..."
Ed - whose latest track 'Sing' has a modern pop sound - also admitted he was often teased for his diverse taste in music when he was growing up.
The musician said: "In primary school I had Slipknot records and Limp Bizkit, Soil, Tool, I was like Proper 'Kerrang!' Kid and then as soon as I got to secondary school my record collection started off with Guns N' Roses and then I bought 'Justified' in 2002 and everyone thought I was bit odd for that. All the girls loved (Justin) Timberlake but if you're a guy and someone's just come out of 'N Sync when you're 11..."
'Relentless Ultra Presents Soundchain' will feature interviews with several massive music acts, including Kasabian, Queens of the Stone Age and Nas, and will air on MTV Music from July 6 at 9.30pm.

Jess Glynne celebrated her first number one single with a "cup of tea".
The 24-year-old singer was overjoyed when 'Rather Be', her collaboration with Clean Bandit, topped the UK charts in January, buy because she wasn't feeling too well, she marked her triumph in low-key fashion.
She said: "When 'Rather Be' went to number one, I was in LA and I wasn't very well, so I celebrated with a cup of tea and some medicine!"
Following her work with Clean Bandit and a subsequent chart-topping track, 'My Love', with DJ Route 94, Jess is now focusing on her own material but insists she isn't feeling pressured for her solo efforts to match the success of her collaborations.
She told BANG Showbiz: "I don't feel any pressure, I'm just working hard to give people what I believe is the best of me as the solo artist I was originally signed for."
In July, the 'Right Here' singer will take to the stage in London for the Summer Series at Somerset House with American Express and can't wait to get on stage.
She said: "I haven't been lucky enough to go to the Summer Series yet, and feel so priceless to be a part of it this year for the 10th anniversary."
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'Home & Away' legend Ray Meagher has no plans to retire from playing Alf Stewart.
The 69-year-old actor has been in the soap since the first episode aired in 1988, but he feels that time has flown by and he still hasn't tired of his famous role.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "It hasn't felt like 27 years, although when you get up in the morning and shave, it does look like 27 years then."
Ray is the longest serving cast member of the Australian soap - which airs on Channel 5 in the UK - and has become a national treasure in his native Australia, as well as recognised whenever he visits the UK.
Quizzed about his longevity, he said: "It's wonderful, you don't set out to achieve that, but it is really nice. All I have tried to do for all my time on the show is play him as honestly as I possibly can."
The soap star also revealed that his veteran status on 'Home & Away' allows him some perks, such as being given free rein to change Alf's dialogue when he is handed his scripts.
He explained: "You're stuck with storylines but you're not stuck with the words that come out of your mouth. The rate we make the programme, no one can write accurately for every character so I only change what would suit Alf to say.
"A lot of expressions that I have remembered from my earlier days round the bush, or from playing rugby and hearing expressions that you really like - they get thrown in."
'Home & Away' airs weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.