The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave.

You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.

We can’t save ourselves from fear by seeking safety, because safety always means there’s something to be safe from-in other words, something to fear. The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

I’ll tell you what it’s time to do right now. It’s time to set your schedule in order so that you don’t look back on the day of your death and wonder why you never really lived. It’s time to ignore the opinions of those who think your life should be all about their cause, their rules, their agenda, and not your soul’s desire. It’s time to stop flagellating and start dancing.