Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.

Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.

We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.

We have as much time as we need.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.