May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. - Nelson Mandela

May your painful experience not have the final say. May you hold tightly to the truth: you’re worthy. You’re enough. You are a blessing. - Dr. Thema

Love art, love yourself, do what you have to do and what only you can do. Utter honesty is the only path to originality. - Roberta Smith

“When the time comes for the heart to open fully again, the old fears will awaken and the inner walls will tighten up. Although fear can become terrifying and paralyzing, what we most fear is where we must go. “Fear is the guide for the true direction of the heart,” they used to say when considering the courage required to become oneself. Our way of loving and healing is seeded within us, yet it takes more than one breakthrough to reach the inner treasure. A long road made of longing and self-discovery is required in order to re-open the heart and reveal the gold within it. Another old proverb states that “what the heart loves is the cure.” Life is the ailment and what we love provides the cure for what ails us.” - Michael Meade