If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.

Always listen to your inner voice.

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.

I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were.

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

Thank you for that experience.