Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals.

Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take the punishment meted out by the older generation (which had itself confessed to the same crime short years before). The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth.