Jogging this morning, I passed a woman walking. She said, “I’m with you in my mind.” Passing her again, “I’m with you in my heart,” I said. She replied, “Amen.” Every interaction is a chance to connect or disconnect. Too often, I choose by default. I can do better. Let’s seize the day! … More

When we feel raw and broken, we may want to scream. We may want to hide. We may want to give up. And it’s okay to scream, or hide, or give up. But after you do, take a breath. Step back and look at you. See you naked and sacred, beneath the pretense of going through the motions.

We were never intended to hold a facade together, like scenery for a play. We were always intended to let the inside out. Let’s not try to hide what’s most beautiful about us. Let’s not settle for what somebody else might want to see, or what society thinks we’re supposed to be.

Let’s look at what’s there when our shell is broken. Let’s see what’s sacred, rather than get scared and hide it again. Let’s find the heart and the courage to nurture what’s real. Let’s direct our passion and our energy to being one hundred percent authentic. There is nothing ugly about our essence, when we’re not afraid of it.

Let’s work to break free, rather than keep the shell together.

Love is beautiful, you are.… More

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