Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.

Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.

If you feel something calling you to dance or write or paint or sing, please refuse to worry about whether you're good enough . Just do it. Be generous. Offer a gift to the world no one else can offer : yourself.

I was what they call a 'highly functional addict.' ... sometimes people who need help look nothing like people who need help.

If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated.

You are not a mess. You are a feely person in a messy world.

It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.