"Happiness is not found in a life lived for the expectations of others.Rather than seek happiness living my life to please the will of others, I will seek happiness where I know it can be found-living my life to please the will of my heart."

"Shit works out."

"Your past and your pain will certainly impact you,but they don't have to define you. You get to write your own definition."

"There's just as much wisdom in knowing when to keep quiet as there is in knowing when to speak up. Use your voice wisely."

"Love is not blind.Love sees everything and says yes to it all."

"Why spend your time fighting to make a damaging reality work? Be willing to move on from the people and situations that don't serve your heart. You are capable of creating relationships and circumstances rooted in respect, equality and love. But you have to believe you deserve them."

"My beautiful friend,even on your darkest day i have benefited from the warmth of your light. and i know i'm not the only one. even when you are not consciously giving, you are still giving so much. with your openness, your kindness, your understanding. see yourself through my eyes, for just a moment. feel yourself through my heart.Allow me the honor of reflecting back to you the love you have shown me, time and again, when it was only real love, and real friendship that could have pulled me from the pain. let me take some of your pain now. I am here. I am yours. You are mine, my friend. I am grateful."

"Life changes completely when Love comes first.I don't need to know you to love you. I'll start by loving you and see what I come to know from there."

"I will forever remind you that you are gifted, strong and beautiful, exactly as you are. Will you forever remind yourself, too?"

"I stayed, to love you.I left, to love myself."

"The world is best viewed through the lens of your heart."

"There's so much love in this world."

"It's easy to waste too many words-and too much energy-on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choose what gets our attention. Why not choose things that are worthy of it?When he chose only to speak about things he absolutely believed, knew to be true, or really cared about, he was delighted by how much less talking he needed to do."

"You are all kinds of beautiful and I love you like crazy."

"Books and workshops and gurus are great, but the very best teacher for your mind is, and will always be, your heart."

"You get a medal for being tough."

"Maybe you're not breaking down.Maybe you're breaking through."

"The moon, right now, is even bigger than my love for it."

"I'm afraid i'll lose you if i share all that's real.i'm afraid i'll lose myself if i don't."

"When you give to others, you give to yourself."

"One of the most empowering things about being human is the fact that a single choice can change the entire direction of our lives. What are you choosing for yourself?"

"Less apathy,more empathy."

"I love when my mind focuses on how wonderful I am and lets all the other (less generous) thoughts recede into the background. You're wonderful too, by the way. Way wonderful."

"No" works just fine as a complete sentence. You don't have to explain yourself.I said no, then stopped talking."

"Such beautiful strength lives in uncompromising humility."

"Compassion will lead you to extraordinary worlds your fear doesn't dare visit."

"The only way to free yourself from all the anxiety you're feeling about the difficult conversation you know you need to have is by having the difficult conversation. It's time. It's been time. You'll survive it. Just be brave and start talking."

"Don't stay because you think you can change him.You can't change him.Maybe work on changing yourself so you don't feel compelled to stay with menlike him in the first place."

"We can't always be as brave as we want or need to be. We don't always make the harder choice, the one we know we need to make in order to change things for real. Sometimes we give in to our fear. We choose known over unknown, comfort over uncertainty. Even though that's often not ideal-to create our lives from fear-it's definitely human. And, it's okay. Our courage doesn't suddenly disappear just because we choose to ignore it. It may hide for a bit and make us work a little harder for its attention, but it's always there within us. We are born courageous, after all. Beautiful and brave. Whenever we get tired of playing at life with fear's rules, at last determined to change things for real, our courage will be there-ready, able, excited for us to let it do its thing."

"And then it hit me-I don't have to participate in these toxic conversations. But if I choose to, I can set a different example. I can bring love to the moment,regardless of the response. I can choose to be kind, no matter what.My power lives in my love."

"I've found a new kind of home in us, and I'm ready to move in for good."

"Everything is not a competition. In fact, nothing is, unless we make it so. Let's stand with, not against each other. We're all bringing our own magic to this world. It's not about "greater than" or "less than.We can't be in competition with each other if we just refuse to compete."

"Don't let the lies that darken our world keep you from living within your truth."

"Wait. Take your foot off the pedal. Instead, let your creativity drive you."

"Today is a day, like every other day, brimming with possibility. A day to treat people with kindness and respect. A day to move closer to fulfilling your dreams. A day to forgive yourself for absolutely everything. A day to smile with gratitude. Today is a day, like every other day, to create the kind of life you want to live, the kind that makes you feel good and right, the kind of life you were born to realize. Today."

"She felt wild and unruly, determined and free."

"When love fills your heart, all bridges lead to something wonderful. (All roads and tunnels too!)"

"Let them judge you.Let them misunderstand you.Let them gossip about you.Their opinions aren't your problem.You stay kind, committed to love, and free in your authenticity.No matter what they do or say,don't you dare doubt your worthor the beauty of your truth.Just keep on shining like you do."

"Here's the thing about meditation, as I try once again to make it a habit... Even when I close my eyes to meditate for five minutes, body fidgeting, mind racing and worrying and busying itself with everything but the present moment, I still feel quieter, more relaxed when I open my eyes. Maybe it's just the simple act of giving myself five dedicated minutes of attention (no matter how they play out) to the calm, knowing soul that smiles from within at all of my mental nonsense. We are beings of peace after all. And of love. So much goodness, so much understanding and compassion lives inside each of us, like wide-eyed children, always ready to come out and play."

"We loved each other.We hurt each other.We left each other.Now we hate each other.Let's not stop there.Let's finally forgive each other."

"We can disagree with one another without being raging, judgmental, spiteful, self-righteous lunatics. Can't we?"

"Maybe you're holding on too tight, and the magic comes in letting go."

"Beneath the pain of your fears, wild and ready, lives your truth, the essence of your singular beauty, hoping, waiting for you to set it free."

"Your commitment to your happiness and well-being serves our entire world in powerful ways. Stay committed.You change our world for the better by changing your world for the better."

"At last he understood that he has always been forgiven and worthy of love,and that no one could take that from him, that not even he could take that from himself."

"I can't apologize for who I am any more. Even better, I have no desire to."

"After so many years struggling to keep up with you, I finally realized we're not even running the same race."

"I've finally figured out a way to stand strong on my own."

"What is true for you?What makes your heart smile?When do you feel most yourself?What do you love to do?Ask yourself these questions, and live your life, as best you can,in accordance with the answers.This is how you taste happiness.This is how you love yourself. This is how you grow."

"And then there was that time you sucked down your fear, breathed into it, faced it with a courage that moves mountains, and you stepped right into that thing, that situation, that experience moments and forever before had crippled and controlled you, and had you believing you could never rise up to meet it. but you did, because you could. and you will again, because you can. yes, you can."