Lessons Learned In My Life

“You’re so obsessed with finding someone to love you because you can’t love yourself.”

“Let someone love you just the way you are - as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe you must hide of all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”

Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.

“Sometimes we have to travel to unknown places to find things we didn’t know we’d lost, and to repair parts of us we didn’t know were broken.”

Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.

“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes you courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.”

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion - and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”