“Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.”

“Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.”

“I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.”

“perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.”

“To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.”

“It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.”

“All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.”