Tag: inspirational

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words....

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’97:Wear sunscreen.If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no...

Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That’s what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The...

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should....

You might as well answer the door, my child,the truth is furiously knocking....

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left....

. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore....

I am a part of all that I have met....

We never know the quality of someone else’s life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement....

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place....