Being Myself Includes Taking Risks

When We Persist In Looking For And Finding What There Is To Value Within Our Self, We Discover A Pure And Loving Being.

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.

True Humor Is Fun - It Does Not Put Down, Kid, Or Mock. It Makes People Feel Wonderful, Not Separate, Different, And Cut Off. True Humor Has Beneath It The Understanding That We Are All In This Together.

Almost Any Difficulty Will Move In The Face Of Honesty. When I Am Honest I Never Feel Stupid. And When I Am Honest I Am Automatically Humble.

Stands Must Be Taken. If I Am To Respect Myself I Have To Search Myself For What I Believe Is Right And Take A Stand On What I Find. Otherwise, I Have Not Gathered Together What I Have Been Given; I Have Not Embraced What I Have Learned; I Lack My Own Conviction.