Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it's essential. Intimacy connects people who are inevitably different.
Feel about yourself what you would have others feel about themselves.
Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it.
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.
Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.