My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.

Growing into your future ... requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is.

Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.

If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way.

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.

When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.

Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.