"I have to do what I was made for. I must. I must tell my stories." -Ama Livia

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart. - Vincent van Gogh

Creativity means letting go of trying to be "perfect"...it means being willing to be wild, silly and downright outrageous." -Christine Mason Miller

“The complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is called maitri, a simple, direct relationship with the way we are.” -Pema Chodron

"Take everything you are--your background, your family, your history, your story, your community, your style, your job, your dreams, your talents, your body, your humor, your sorrow, your joys and make them yours. Be ashamed of nothing. Make the most of what you have and Girl, make it look damn "good...because you can." Kelle Hampton

‎"Friendship is a sheltering tree." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The experience of unconditional love begins in your heart, not in someone else’s. Don’t make your ability to love yourself conditional on someone else’s ability to love you”. -Paul Ferrini

“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?”

Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.  ~Author Unknown

"It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence 

that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, 

as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts."  -K.T. Jong

"Meditate often upon the bond of all in the Universe and their mutual relationship. For all things are in a way woven together." (Marcus Aurelius)

"The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don't want."   -Iyanla Vanzant

"One day my soul just opened up." -Iyanla Vanzant

“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” -Iyanla Vanzant

"The process of living encourages you to leap and to fly, to run and to soar, to meander and to piddle, to embrace and to release. What you tell yourself about your ability to do one or all of these things at any given time determines how hard life will be for you." - Iyanla Vanzant

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -Harold Thurman Whitman

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you." -Oprah

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." -Oprah

"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. " -Oprah

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  ~Abraham Lincoln

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." -Rumi

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.  Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."  -H. Jackson Browne

"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." -Rumi