Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection.

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter.

Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.