“Believe in your dreams, because if you don’t, nobody will.”

Do everything with love, do it because it gives you satisfaction and joy, do it because it feeds your soul, do it because it helps you grow and gives you that confidence in yourself we’re all after.

Therapy. Acting classes. Yoga. Strong friendships. All these helped me see and heal parts of me I was trying to hide.

Being openly sensitive is letting people in. It’s trusting that they can receive your story with an open heart.

Do you know what’s sexy? Courage. Courage is sexy AF.

Take your passion seriously, it is your calling.

That person you needed when you were 18, be that person.

You could have left me in the jungle. I would have survived and mastered bird language. Adaptability is my secret weapon.

As the sun goes down, thank the universe for the day that passed and pray for the day to come.  

Kind words can unlock doors in people’s minds. Your kind words may destroy walls that were built on that ground we call self-doubt. So be kind with your words. Unlock doors. Destroy walls.

The day spirituality will replace religion is the day WE, as ONE, will know peace.

Let the ocean be your example, calm and soothing but yet incomparably strong.

Make peace with the fire in your heart.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool. ⁣

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

I believe that every interaction is an act of fate in some way, that we’re meant to interact with them, and it’s our job to flesh that out and experience it to the fullest and learn the lessons we’re meant to.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

I believe that teachers – whether in elementary schools, at the secondary level, or at colleges and universities – every teacher deserves the Nobel Peace Prize just for maintaining order in our schools!