You have to laugh at yourself, because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.

Whenever I think about all the things I appreciate in life, I also think about my privileges, as well. Try to keep that all in balance. Gratitude for what I have, trying to be part of movements that make it easy for people who have it harder than they ever should have it.

I try not to get personally involved in social media. It kind of makes me sick sometimes.

Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.

You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded.

Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights.

I have faith that my life is in good hands. I honestly try to see how I can grow from uncomfortable circumstances.