“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”— Maya Angelou This is the first time EVER that I have made it to the end of a…
“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?” — Oscar Wilde (De Profundis) Every time I go running, I am reminded of the freedom that I have – particularly because of who I am, and where I live. I am grateful for this, but would also like to do what…
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd – The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.…
“I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I’m sorry, and get well soon. Give me peonies and tulips, orchids or gardenia. Those were flowers with character.” ― Justina Chen Headley, North of Beautiful I had no idea that peonies were so…