“Learning is hard. Unlearning is harder. Pretending that most of us don’t need to do either when it comes to racism is its own form of violence.”

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.

You can’t spell wholehearted without A.R.T.

This global pandemic is a real case of “getting sick together” or “staying well together.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

We either stay sick together or we get well together.

Be you and serve up some belonging wherever you are.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy – the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.

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.⁣

The best way to write poetry, letting things come.

The success I’ve achieved comes to me from God.

For better to come, good must stand aside.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

Power in firebending comes from the breath, not the muscle!

Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

My objective is to satisfy [my] audience so they come back the next day.