The freedom to be you is inherent. But to feel it, we have to exercise it. That can be challenging, because in the pursuit of happiness from things that can’t provide happiness, we lose sight of our authentic self. Don’t worry about it. Sit with yourself in a place you feel at home (the edge of the water, the woods, a mountaintop). Connect with you. And take one step to act on what you feel. In acting on who you are, you begin to feel like you again … and you take another step. And as you gain trust, you find it more liberating, more gratifying, and absolutely enough.… More

We don’t want to be tolerated, or merely accepted. We want to be cherished. But we can’t feel cherished, unless WE know and cherish who we are. Then, we’re willing to share all of our sacred parts with somebody else. We’re willing to risk rejection, knowing that if somebody else doesn’t like who we are, we still will.

When we think we have to make a relationship work, we paint our self into a corner. We get stuck. We forget who we are, because we’re not manifesting who we are. We’re masquerading as mediocre.

It doesn’t matter if somebody else wants to hear what your heart has to say. It doesn’t matter if somebody else likes you. Be you anyway. Because if you’re not, you won’t like you, either. Be somebody you can cherish. And you’ll attract somebody who can’t help but cherish you. And if you want to speed up the attraction, don’t worry about how long it takes.

Love smiles,… More