People living their lives for you on TV; They say they’re better than you, and you agree.
To shut down the ability to feel pain means you shut down all emotions, joy included. It makes our hearts feel small, it robs us of our joy, and really keeps us no safer.
I have this theory that if we’re told we’re bad, then that’s the only idea we’ll ever have. Maybe if we are surrounded in beauty, one day we will become what we see. Anyone can start a conflict. It’s harder yet to disregard it. I’d rather see the world from another angle. We are everyday angels...
You always feel better when you sing. Music touches people’s hearts. You know, it doesn’t go through your mental capacity, it just moves you and it will let you cry. It’s worth it doing a show and when you touch a crowd and move yourself at the same.
There is a pretty girl on the face of the magazine and all I see is my dirty hands turning the page.
My intention for my life is to stay centered, and from that intention come my priorities: my son, my family, my job, my self. That then informs what kind of work I can take on. It’s a balancing act, but a fun one.
Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
I try to give myself permission to be a work-in-progress and not have everything figured out at once. It’s more manageable and takes some of the pressure off of feeling like I have to have everything right all the time.
I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn’t understand why. I thought, what a bummer, my passion all drained out of me. So when I found out I had dyslexia, it was like, oh, that’s what it was.
We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say: We are that to which we pray.
I was raised in a household where I read Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky and Kant, and I was never taught that my mind was feminine. I’m aware that my body is.
A good love is delicious, you can’t get enough too soon.
I get really bored if I don’t have more than one thing going on.
I have been told for so many years that you can’t be smart and sexy. I started to think, “Well, why the heck can’t you be both?”
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery, and you shall live a life uncommon.
I have this theory – that if we’re told we’re bad, then that’s the only ideal we’ll ever have.
Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.
Maybe I could have loved you better. Maybe you should have loved me more. Maybe our hearts were just next in line. Maybe everything breaks sometime.
It’s important to cultivate a tolerance and patience with uncomfortable feelings. It’s best to feel them.
What we call human nature, is actually human habit.