Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.
Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10)