Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.

Hurts and disappointments can hold gifts.

There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future.

Allow yourself to experience fully every step of the journey, both the joy and the pain. You're alive. Greet the moment at hand with a grateful heart.

We wear our names heavily. And though we have tried to escape their influence, they have seeped into us, and we find ourselves living their patterns again and again.

Self-care isn't selfish (it is a gift to all concerned). You can't serve from an empty vessel.

Our destiny is in the way we were born, in the way we were raised, in the sum of the three of us.