Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.