Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better.

Gratitude puts everything into perspective.

You will fail. At some point. More than once. Guaranteed. Proceed anyway.

Whatever is on your plate got there because you said yes to it.

Pull over to the side of your journey and look how far you've come

If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you're missing out on the power of real integrity.

But what if we took it one step further and made an effort to actually transform our pain into something beautiful? What if we went full out and made an effort to transform other people’s pain into something beautiful?