Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise, I have not gathered together what I have been given; I have not embraced what I have learned; I lack my own conviction.

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.

Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.

When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.

We become what we look at most.

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.

I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.