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Treat yourself, and everybody else, with Loving-Kindness. Especially if you don't want to, or think it's not deserved. Kindness always...

A gentleman with nesty whitish hair plopped down in the shiny red booth kitty-corner from me, as his wife ordered their food. He donned a...

I am the sum total of every miraculous being in this world. Whether you've graced my presence for decades raising me, been in my life for...

The essence and truth of my being are the tears I shed in gratitude. Defining drops everything in categories. Good or Bad. Right or...

I've lied, cheated and stolen. I've been told I was mean, stupid and cruel. The list of what I've done and what I've been called runs...

I sent an email to the C.E.O. of a renowned advertising agency about an idea I had for one of their campaigns. I was intimidated and...

Someone tells me not to get into the dinghy. I get in anyway. They tell me not to start the engine. I start it. Then they say, "Whatever...

I've worried needlessly about so many things that never even happened. Thought I wasn't good enough countless times. Allowed fear to be...

Self-Love isn't about loving yourself when you've overcome something, accomplished this or attained that. It's about loving yourself in...

It's an honor for someone to spend time on you. Whether they're gossiping about you or laughing with you. Thinking badly of you or...