The first step of a journey is always the longest.
Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.
It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.
Sometimes we can only find ourselves by first losing ourselves.
I've wondered why the famous congregate with each other. Perhaps it's to assure each other that they really are as important as they think they are.
Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.