All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

I don't want to have to get the lesson of losing [things like health and moving about freely] to appreciate what it was.

Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it's right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.

I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!

True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.