The way to express our gratitude for life is by being truly alive, not hiding from life in a corner, or watching life pass us by. The biggest fear we have is not the fear of dying, but the fear to be alive, to be ourselves, to say what we feel, to ask for what we want, to say yes when we want to say yes, and no when we want to say no. To express what is in our hearts is to be truly alive. If we pretend to be what we are not, how can we be truly alive?

-Don Miguel Ruiz

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life. 
-Richard Bach

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." 
Carl Gustav Jung

"There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you."
Steve Maraboli 

"The things that make me different are the things that make me."  -A. A. Milne

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. -Sylvia Plath

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
-Dwight L. Moody

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"
-Marianne Williamson

"For every person who might reject you if you live your truth, there are ten others who will embrace you and welcome you home."
–Marianne Williamson

"Insist on yourself. Never imitate." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

How many more idols must you find before your realize that you are the one you have been searching for?

-  Dan Fogelberg

‎"owning our story and loving ourselves through the process is the bravest thing that we will ever do" ~ Brene Brown

"....here's the truth: when we practice being open and vulnerable, blessings flood our lives. Our hearts soar on the freedom of released burden. And soon, we don't have to practice anymore once we've learned to speak from our own meaningful truth. It is the biggest miracle in my life to learn this lesson over and over again. My very own vulnerabilities, once seen as my weaknesses, have turned out to be the greatest strength I've known." -Kelly Rae Roberts

"The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be." -Neale Donald Walsch

Friendship

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person. Having to neither weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik