We can't fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.

Why can't we see everyone and everything as God, as a part of the Divine? It is because we don’t see ourselves this way.

When you are a warrior for your body, you search out every good thing there is to fill it with - every nutrient, every vitamin, every thought, every belief. You love your body, and you thank your body in the morning and bless it throughout the day.

The “we” of your divine birthright - the one that is aware of its place as part of the collective whole - knows that it is your sacred obligation to shine your brightest light, not just in your moments of glory but each day.

If we want a new future that does not look like our past, we must make new choices in the present.

We and we alone have the power to change our lives, and we can choose to do so at any moment.