Do what you want to do, when you want to do it ... and not a moment sooner.

This is your moment. Own it.

There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to." And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.

Life whispers to you all the time...from the time you wake up in the morning and with every single experience.

My highest achievement: never shutting my heart down. Even in my darkest moments - through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals - I remained faithful, hopeful, and open to seeing the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I stayed open to believing that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.

If you live in the past and allow the past to define who you are, then you never grow.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.