The goal isn't to be perfect, but to be authentic!

Stop hiding! Stop holding yourself back and playing yourself down! Stop worrying about how you look and what people are saying. Stop listening to what people are saying and trying to find out if they are whispering about you. Stop waiting for someone to tell you that you are okay or to make you feel special. Life is special! It is a special gift. This is your life! Now take your gift and live it out in the open! Decide today that you are going to live out loud!

A wound needs air in order to heal. We must talk about and expose those things which have hurt or harmed us in some way. Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. We must carefully do what is necessary to help ourselves feel better.

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people. But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed.

I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.

Love is what you are, not what you give or get!

I'm okay, you're okay. Now let's go to work.