Don't make yourself small.Not for anyone.If someone tells you you're too much...too loud, too sensitive, too fierce, too caring, too intellectual, too optimistic, too realistic, too logical, too emotional...just smile and move on, my friend.Clearly, they aren't enough for you.

Healing old hurts can only begin when the children we once were feel safe enough to speak their hearts to the adults we are now.

They say that music soothes the soul.I think that's true. Sometimes. But other times music stirs the soul,reaching deep and digging up pain we need to process, thoughts we need to wrestle with, fears we need to work through, sadness we need to sit with, loss we need to lay to rest. Music is powerful because it can reach past the guardhouse of the mind, taking on those dragons that jealously hoard the glittering treasure of the human spirit,and set the tortured soul free.

Until our world decides that every human matters, that everyone has a right to food and safety and freedom and healthcare and equality, it is the obligation of those privileged to have food and safety and freedom and healthcare and equality to fight tirelessly for those who do not.

The job of each generation is to solve more problems than they create and to lift up the next generation to be better than the last. Simply repeating the past does neither.

Beauty is not found in uniformity,nor value in conformity. It is in ourcolors and quirks and flaws and scarsthat true beauty and value unfold,because that is where our stories are told.

The secret to loving others despite their imperfections is loving ourselves despite ours.

The most powerful force on the planet is the soul that has awakened to its purpose.

Be kind. Be friendly. Be likable.But don't worry if someone doesn't like you.You won't be everyone's cup of tea, and that's okay.You can be someone's cup of coffee instead. And coffee is AWESOME.