Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.
Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.
I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.
Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
Tell your story with your whole heart.
Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.
Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area.
Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
Stop. Take 3 deep breaths and smile everywhere in your body, observing what’s happening in your body. Proceed now with kindness and understanding.
What you pay attention to grows. If your attention is attracted to negative situations and emotions, then they will grow in your awareness.
Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears.
Every single day is a battle to stay strong.
Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.
Suffering begins when you mentally label a situation as bad. That causes an emotional contraction. When you let it be, without naming it, enormous power is available to you. The contraction cuts you off from that power, the power of life itself.
Leave my loneliness unbroken.
Think higher, feel deeper.
I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.