“The purest form of joy comes to us in ordinary moments, and those moments can happen any place where gratitude is alive. ⁣”

We all have patterned ways of dealing with anxiety that are often set up in our first families. Understanding how and why can set us free.⁣⁣

Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

I think we’re all feeling the “groundlessness” of life right now.⁣

You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.

I am not here to be right.

There is no justice without accountability.

Talk to yourself like you would talk to someone you love.

Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.

I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.

Vulnerability is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.⁣

We can’t give up on vulnerability. It’s the path back to ourselves and each other.

We must learn how to lean into our vulnerability, stay curious, and practice courage.⁣

They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

I work to stay alive.

How nice – to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

Money is something that keeps you alive and healthy and just keeps you focused. It’s the drive. It’s the passion. It’s the drive. It’s the passion.

When the world’s against me is when I really come alive.

The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether. But the novel as a tremulation can make the whole man alive tremble.

The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon.