You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.
Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.
If you want something badly enough, make an attempt. If you want to paint, get a brush and do it. If you want to sing, sing. A lot of people get scared. They’re afraid to fail. Take that word out of your vocabulary. You don’t “fail.” You’ve “tried your best.”
In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.
What I know now is that we’re all interconnected and that’s a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can’t judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.
The best gift you can give someone is a part of your soul.
You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life – so that if it were over tomorrow, you’d be content with yourself.
I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It’s just that simple.
Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing therell be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday.
And I always think of life like a giant wave. You know, it rises and it crests and it flies, and it’s just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that’s the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.
If your heart is open it can never stay broken.
Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life.
Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I’ve become a juggler, I suppose. It’s all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do.
I’ve had two terrific relationships, but both ended in marriage.
People say women shouldn’t have long hair over a certain age, but I’ve never done what everyone says.
My Open Hearts Family celebrates not only the traditional family but also extended families that we create from the people we open our hearts to as we journey through life.
See the gift that change delivers.
It’s really not a question of how long you have on this earth; it’s about what you do with it.
We must teach the next generation to not just learn languages, but whole cultures and belief systems. We will then make more of an effort to understand people and their different cultures.