“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.” – Pema Chodron

“There is no magic to achievement. It’s really about hard work, choices, and persistence.” —Michelle Obama

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” -Thomas Edison

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.  – Maya Angelou

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” -Toni Morrison

“Home is a place we all must find, child. It’s not just a place where you eat or sleep. Home is knowing. Knowing your mind, knowing your heart, knowing your courage. If we know ourselves, we’re always home, anywhere.”  -Lena Horne (as Glinda the Good Witch from The Wiz)

“When people help us to feel good about who we are, they are really helping us to love the meaning of what we create.” -Fred Rogers

“This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” –Maya Angelou

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -E.M. Forster