We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

I you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer, stare a little longer. Because there is something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself, you signed it THEY WERE WRONG.

Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth

This is my voice. There are many like it, but this one is mine.