If you own this story you get to write the ending.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.

I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.