I get ideas about what’s essential when packing my suitcase.
I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly.
Don’t blame your parents, don’t blame your boyfriend, don’t blame the weather. Accept the reality, embrace the challenge, and deal with it. Be in charge of your own life. Turn negatives into positives and be proud to be a woman.
Fear is not an option.” “Don’t dwell on the dark side of things, but look for the light and build around it. If one door closes, look for another one to open.” “Never, ever, blame others for what befalls you, no matter how horrible it might be. Trust you, and only you, to be responsible for your own life.
You know who’s gonna give you everything? Yourself.
My definition of beauty is strength and personality.
Beware of your thoughts for they become words, beware of your words for they become actions, beware of your actions for they become habits, beware of your habits for they become character, beware of your character for it becomes your destiny.
Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty.
Never, ever, blame others for what befalls you, no matter how horrible it might be. Trust you, and only you, to be responsible for your own life.
Don’t dwell on the dark side of things, but look for the light and build around it.
Be in charge of your own life.
What I have learned is that when you are sick, much of healing is in the hands of doctors and science, but part of it is finding and using your own power.
God has saved my life so that I can give you life.
Truth is cathartic, a way of keeping the trees pruned. The truer you can be the better it is because it simplifies life and love.
As my mother told me, if you save one life, it begins a dynasty. The life you save can save another, so one life is never too small.
Landscapes change, people come and go, but all the landscapes, all the experiences, all the people weave into your life’s fabric.
Landscapes change, people come and go, but all the landscapes, all the experiences, all the people weave into your life’s fabric. Love is not just about people you had affairs with. Love is about moments of intimacy, paying attention to others, connecting. As you learn love is everywhere, you find it everywhere.
I find great happiness in my relationships with old friends, living mirrors that reflect histories of laughter and sorrow, triumphs and failures, births and deaths, on both sides.
If you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts.
The trees at Cloudwalk have been my friends for forty years. I’m sure if I were sawed in half, our rings would match.
As a girl, I did not know what I wanted to do but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be. I wanted to be my own person, independent and free. I knew that freedom could only be achieved if I took full responsibility for myself and my actions, if I were true to truth, if I became my very best friend.