Today my friend Marla and I went on a writer’s pilgrimage to see David Sedaris in Tulsa at an event put on by Magic City Books. I can’t tell you how much fun I had. I mean, I really can’t. I’ve been sitting here trying, but it’s not working, probably because I only slept five hours last night, just got back from Tulsa an hour ago, and my brain is mush. But I’ll keep trying.
I woke up at noon today and had about an hour to get ready. Even though I knew the event would be outside and that it would be warm, I decided to wear jeans instead of shorts because I thought they looked cuter, and you never know when you’re going to meet Mr. Right or when David Sedaris will be so impressed with your pants that he’ll invite you to join him and his boyfriend for dinner. But thinking that I’d definitely sweat in the jeans, I slathered some of Dad’s Gold Bond Lotion all around my private parts. After I did, I thought, There’s probably a reason that stuff is in a green bottle, which is about the time my balls woke up. At first the eucalyptus just felt like a cool breeze on a spring morning, but then things stepped up a notch, and it felt like I’d used a peppermint suppository.
Marla and I got to Tulsa early, so we grabbed a great parking spot and walked a few blocks for lunch. Along the way we found two pink unicorns painted on a set of double doors, so we stopped and took a picture. I still I have no idea what was on the other side of those doors, but I can only imagine it was fabulous.
I broke all my food rules today. It felt great. For lunch I had a sandwich with white bread, creamy soup, and coffee with Irish Creme, immediately followed by a cookies-and-cream donut so big that it’s really a wonder I didn’t instantly become a diabetic. I even licked the bag it came in. Then Marla and I set up our chairs on the lawn where David was supposed to speak and went to a bar that I knew about because a guy once stood me up there on a night I had two tires blow out. (I was not impressed.)
The bar itself was really cool, and while Marla and I waited, I had two beers. Then we went back to the lawn to wait for David. Because my bladder is an overachiever, I had to pee for the second time in fifteen minutes, so I ended up buying a cup of coffee at a coffee shop because only paying customers could get the restroom code. Peeing is a patron’s privilege, apparently. (Say that five times fast.)
For the presentation, David spoke for forty-five minutes, mostly reading from his diary entries, many of which are in his new book, Theft by Finding. One of the stories he told was about a friend who–upon seeing a complete stranger on his or her cellphone–would often walk up beside them and say loudly, “Come back to bed, I’m freezing.”
When the talk was over, David moved across the street to an art gallery to sign books, and a long line began to form. Marla and I had pre-purchased books, which allowed us a spot in “Group A,” but we were still at the back of that section because–once again–I had to use the restroom. (To the guy whose kid’s asshole absolutely exploded in his pants, my heart goes out to you for all the hard work you did cleaning him up. In the future–for chafing–your son may benefit from Gold Bond Lotion, but I don’t recommend the kind in the green bottle.)
One thing I love about David Sedaris is that he takes a lot of time with his fans and doesn’t rush them off. It makes for a long wait–Marla and I waited over two hours–but I think it’s well worth it. Hell, at one point we saw a middle-aged woman sporting a sash that said, “Miss Emollient–Dark as a Turd.” Where else does that happen? I still don’t get it, so I assume she was seeking attention. But who isn’t these days? Anyway, the line snaked around once it got inside, so as Marla and I neared the autograph table, I was right next to this guy who had a PBS shirt on that said, “Be More.” (No pressure, right?) Honestly, it took everything in me to not say, “I’m doing the best I can, damn it!”
At the autograph table, David signed Marla’s book, “To Marla–You make me want to live again.” With others he drew cartoons–an ax with blood on it, something resembling a shovel. I have another signed book of his in which he drew an airplane–a crop duster, it says–a reference to a joke he’d made that night about a particular variety of farts. This is something I love about David, the fact that after all this time he’s still having fun, finding a way to make each person in line feel special.
I got to spend a few minutes with David and ask him a question about a statement in one of his books, as well as a couple of things he said in his talk tonight. I’ve been trying all evening to decide how much to say about it, since even though he’s probably already forgotten the conversation, it feels special to me and I’ll probably be processing it for a while. In short, David said that he doesn’t like to talk about his feelings, but instead likes to talk and write about experiences and opinions.
Fresh off three years of therapy (and writing a blog about it every night lately), not talking about my feelings feels foreign to me, so I almost said, “Oh my god, I know a good therapist.” But then I figured he probably knows one too and has a good reason for not talking about his feelings, especially to total strangers. Like, if I’d said, “WHY DON’T YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, DAVID?” it probably would have sounded like, “Be More,” and he could have easily responded, “I’m doing the best I can, damn it.”
Thinking about it now, what I love about David’s answer is that it seemed vulnerable and honest, which is pretty remarkable considering the fact that he’d just met me (again for the first time). So I just looked him in the eye, smiled, and said, “Thank you,” and Marla and I walked out. I was so thrilled about getting to spend even a few moments with one of my writing heroes that I accidentally stepped on a stranger’s foot. (Sorry, lady.)
When we got outside, Marla made a joke, and I said, “What’s that?” and she said, “It’s what he wrote in your book.” So I opened the book, and there it was–“To Marcus, Come back to bed, I’m freezing.”
There was a lady working the event tonight whom I overheard a couple of times anxiously telling people in the line, “It’s a long wait, but it’s worth it.” When we got close to the table, she said, “See if you can’t hurry.” Well, we didn’t, and I can only assume that she felt pressured, maybe sensing that some people in the line were upset by the holdup. But I didn’t sense any of that from David. Marla told me that he’s been known to spend nine hours signing books. Personally, I wasn’t upset about waiting, and if I had been, I simply would have left. (My therapist says leaving is always an option.)
It all makes me wonder if David’s so patient because he waited so long to be published. Maybe it’s because he’s doing something he really loves and that makes it easier to go above and beyond with people you don’t even know. Either way, it encourages me to be more patient with what may come in my life, to not put so much pressure on myself or anyone else by thinking, Be More, Be More–Talk about your feelings! Rather, I can remember that I’m doing the best I can, damn it. In fact, we’re all doing the best we can. Especially that guy whose kid shit everywhere.
Realizing this, I think, is like having a lover come back to bed. Suddenly there’s no need to rush, the world feels safer than it did before, and if ever so slowly, that which was freezing begins to warm.
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Whatever needs to happen, happens.
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Our world is magical, a mysterious place where everything somehow works together, where nothing and no one is without influence, where all things great and small make a difference.
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You can’t pick and choose what you receive from life, and you can’t always accurately label something as bad.
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A storm can leave your life just as quickly as it enters it.
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We follow the mystery, never knowing what’s next.
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"It's really good news to find out that the world isn't as scary as you thought it was."
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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
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There's a wisdom underneath everything that moves us and even the planets at its own infallible pace. We forget that we too are like the planets, part of a larger universe that is always proceeding one step at time, never in the wrong place, everything always right where it belongs.
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Your life is a mystery. But you can relax. It’s not your job to solve it.
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It’s never too late to be your own friend.
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Being scared isn’t always an invitation to run away. More often than not, it’s an invitation to grow a pair and run toward.
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There’s nothing wrong with taking a damn nap.
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For me, it's important to hang on to this idea that no matter how bad they are, your circumstances can turn around, to believe that if an elephant can show up in your life, it can also disappear, to believe that just as the universe full of big problems, it is also full of big answers.
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Life is better when we're not in control. When we mentally leave room for anything to happen, anything can.
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If another's perspective, another's story about you is kinder than the one you're telling yourself, surely that's a story worth listening to.
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If you think only girls cry or that crying is inappropriate for some reason, fuck you. Some things are too damn heavy to hold on to forever.
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Anything and everything is possible.
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Our shoulders weren’t meant to carry the weight of the world.
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"You can't change your age, but you can change what your age means to you."
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No good story ever ends.
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No one dances completely alone.
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Damn if good news doesn't travel the slowest.
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In this moment, we are all okay.
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None of us is ever really lost. At least we're never really alone. For always there is someone to help point your ship in the right direction, someone who sees you when you can't see yourself.
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"No one's story should end on the ground."
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"Things that shine do better when they're scattered about."
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So perhaps perfection has little to do with that which changes and everything to do with that which doesn't. For surely there is a still, small something inside each of us that never changes, something that is timeless and untouchable, something inherently valuable and lovable--something perfect.
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Getting comfortable in your own skin takes time.
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There’s nothing you can do to change the seasons or hurry them along.
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If you want to find a problem, you will.
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I believe that God is moving small universes to communicate with me and with all of us, answering prayers and sending signs in unplanned moments, the touch of a friend's hand, and the very air we breathe.
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No one is immune from life’s challenges.
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The truth doesn’t suck.
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Answers come built-in. There are no "just problems."
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All emotions are useful.
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Sometimes the best you can do is metaphorically sit you ego down, look it square in the eye, and say, “Would you shut the fuck up already?”
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It’s hard to say where a kindness begins or ends.
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Some days, most days, are a mixed bag. We cry, we laugh, we quit, we start again. That's life. In the process, we find out we're stronger than we thought we were, and perhaps this is healing.
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You have everything you need.
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Ultimately, we all have to get our validation from inside, not outside, ourselves.
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"The truth is right in front of you."
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We think of hope as something pristine, but hope is haggard like we are.
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"Why should anyone be embarrassed about the truth?"
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Suddenly the sun breaks through the clouds. A dove appears--the storm is over.
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if you're content with yourself and you're always with yourself, then what's the problem?
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If life can create a problem, it can also provide an answer.
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Give yourself a break.
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You know when someone crosses a line. You may not want to admit it, but you know.
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All your scattered pieces want to come back home.
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"Sure, people change, but love doesn't."
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Storms don’t define us, they refine us.
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"Beating yourself up is a far cry from self-respect."
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"It's never a minor thing to take better care of yourself."
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All the while, we imagine things should be different than they are, but life persists the way it is.
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Give yourself an abundance of grace.
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All things are moving as they should.
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It’s okay to ask for help.
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What are you really running away from?
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You can rise above. You can walk on water.
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"Kindness is never a small thing."
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There’s a power that comes when you meet life’s challenges head-on. Those are the times you breathe the deepest. Those are the times the waters come forth and your heart beats every bit as loud as the thunder claps. Those are the times you know more than ever—no matter what happens next—in this moment, you’re alive.
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For I am a universe–large–like you are, and there is room here for all that we contain. An ego, of course, is small, and it is disgusted and humiliated by the smallest of things. But a universe is bigger than that, much too big to judge itself or another, much too big to ever question how bright it is shining.
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We’re all made of the same stuff.
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It’s enough just to be here.
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One thing finishes, another starts. Things happen when they happen.
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You can’t change what happened, but you can change the story you tell yourself about it.
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If you’re making yourself up to get someone else’s approval–stop it–because you can’t manipulate anyone into loving you. People either embrace you for who and what you are–or they don’t.
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Rejecting yourself is what really hurts.
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Since one life touches another, we can never really say how far our influence goes. Truly, our story goes on and on in both directions. Truly, we are infinite.
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Love stands at the front door and says, “You don’t have to change a thing about yourself to come inside.”
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The more honest you are about what's actually happening inside of you, the happier you are.
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Just as there’s day and night literally, there’s also day and night emotionally. Like the sun, one minute we’re up, the next minute we’re down. Our perspectives change constantly. There’s nothing wrong with this. The constellations get turned around once a day, so why can’t you and I? Under heaven, there’s room enough for everything–the sun, the moon and stars, and all our emotions. Yes, the universe–our home–is large enough to hold every bit of us.
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If you want to become who you were meant to be, it's absolutely necessary to shed your old skin. Sure it might be sad to say goodbye--to your old phone, to your old beliefs, anything that helped get you this far--but you've got to let go in order to make room for something new.
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Transformation doesn’t have a drive thru window. It takes time to be born again.
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Help is always on the way.
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As taught in the story of the phoenix, a new life doesn't come without the old one first being burned away.
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We always have more support than we realize.
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And God knows you don't make everyone else happy. But this is no reason to quit or be discouraged, since doing what you love and feel called to do is never--never--about gaining acceptance from others.
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It’s not where you are, it’s whom you are there with.
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Along the way you’ll find yourself, and that’s the main thing, the only thing there really is to find.
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More often than not, the truth is a monster. It gets in your face and makes you get honest. Sometimes the truth separates you from people you care about, if for no other reason than to bring you closer to yourself.
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We all need to feel alive.
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Take your challenges and turn them into the source of your strengths.
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No emotion is ever truly buried.
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There is a force, a momentum that dances with all of us, sometimes lifting us up in the air, sometimes bringing us back down in a great mystery of starts and stops.
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I don't think anyone came to this planet in order to get it right the first time. What would be the point?
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Sometimes life can really kick you in the balls and make you drop to your knees.
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We are all connected in a great mystery and made of the same strong stuff.
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Abundance is a lot like gravity--it's everywhere.
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When the universe speaks—listen.
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Your emotions are tired of being ignored.
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Aren’t you perfect just the way you are?
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All great heroes, at some point, surrender to the unknown.
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Our burdens are lighter when we share them.
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Healing requires letting go of that thing you can’t let go of.
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Our struggles unearth our strengths.
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You've really got to believe in yourself and what you're doing. Again, it comes down to integrity and making something solid of yourself, something that's so well-built on the inside that it can handle any storm.
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Your story isn’t about your physical challenges.
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Rest gives us time to dream. One day, for certain, you’ll wake up. And you’ll be grateful for the time you rested, and you’ll be just as grateful that you’re different, far from the person who fell asleep.
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Patting yourself on the back is better than beating yourself over the head.
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You absolutely have to be vulnerable and state what you want.
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Nothing was made to last forever.
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When we expect great things, we see great things.
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As the ocean of life changes, we must too.
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We can hang on and put everything safely in its place, and then at some point, we’re forced to let go.
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Whereas I've always pictured patience as a sweet, smiling, long-haired lady in a white dress, I'm coming to see her as a frumpy, worn-out old broad with three chins. You know--sturdy--someone who's been through the ringer and lived to tell about it.
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The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. And whereas it's just a single step, it's a really important one.
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Who’s to say that one experience is better than another?
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Every stress and trauma in your life is written somewhere in your body.
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Life proceeds at its own pace.
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It's the holes or the spaces in our lives that give us room to breathe and room to rest in, room to contain both good and bad days, and--when the time is right--room for something else to come along.
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Things are only important because we think they are.
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"That love inside that shows up as joy or enthusiasm is your authentic self."
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Sometimes we move with grace and sometimes we move with struggle. But at some point, standing still is no longer good enough.
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Even a twisted tree grows tall and strong.
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Pressure, it seems, is necessary to positive internal change. After all, lumps of coal don't shine on their own.
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You can't build a house, much less a life, from the outside-in. Rather, if you want something that's going to last, you have to start on the inside and work your way out, no matter how long it takes and how difficult it is.
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Love is all around us.
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"Not knowing what's going to happen next is part of the adventure."
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"No one comes into this life knowing how to dance, always moving with grace."
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Growth and getting far in life have nothing to do with where you’re physically standing.
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"The heart sings for its own reasons."
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It's never a small thing to open your home or heart to another person.
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We don’t get to boss life around.
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Freedom lies on the other side of everything you're afraid of.
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Any mundane thing–an elevator ride!–can be turned into something joyous.
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A break is no small thing to give yourself.
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Better that you're true to yourself and the whole world be disappointed than to change who you are and the whole world be satisfied.
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It takes forty years in the desert for seas to part.
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Sure, we forget it plenty of times, but on the inside we’re all shining. This is what gives me hope, knowing that we are all radiant.
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The symbols that fascinate us are meant to transform us.
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If you're not living a fully authentic life, a part of you will never be satisfied.
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A friend’s laughter takes us backward and carries us forward simultaneously.
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Perfection is ever-elusive.
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"Miracles happen."
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You really do belong here.
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"There are a lot of benefits to being right here, right now."
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Go easier on yourself.
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Nothing physical was ever meant to stay the same.
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Just because your face is nice to look at doesn’t mean you don’t have a heart that’s capable of being broken. These things happen to humans, and there isn’t a one of us who isn’t human.
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"Authenticity is worth all the hard work. Being real is its own reward."
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It's enough to sit in, and sometimes drag ass through, the mystery.
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Nothing is set in stone here.
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We may never be done, but that doesn't mean we'll never be complete. And surely we are complete right here, right now, and surely there is space enough for the full moon, for you and for me, and all our possibilities.
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Stop buying your own bullshit.
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"We were made to love without conditions. That's the packaging we were sent with."
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Some things simply take time and often more than one trip to the hardware store.
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Confidence takes what you have and amplifies it. Confidence makes anyone sexy.
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If anything is ever going to change for the better, the truth has to come first.
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"When you’re authentic, your authenticity is enough. You don’t need to compare."
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Abundance comes in many forms.
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"I believe we're all courageous, and I believe that no one is alone."
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Even if you can't be anything you want to be, you can absolutely be who you were meant to be. Don't let anyone else tell you differently.
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Life is never just so. Honestly, it’s a big damn mess most of the time.
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We can rewrite our stories if we want to.
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When you hide your hurt, you can’t help but pass it on. It ends up seeping, sometimes exploding out.
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All things become ripe when they’re ready.
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Both sunshine and rain are required for growth.
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Each season has something to offer.
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Allowing someone else to put you down or discourage your dreams is, quite frankly, anything but self-care.
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You've got to believe that things can turn around, that even difficult situations--perhaps only difficult situations--can turn you into something magnificent.
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Beautiful isn’t something that comes in a particular package. Beautiful is simply being yourself.
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Normal people don’t walk on water.
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You can’t play small forever.
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Solid help and solid hope are quite the same thing.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Of all the broken things in your life, you’re not one of them–and you never have been.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You can’t stuff down the truth—it always comes up.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Boundaries are about starting small, enjoying initial successes, and practicing until you get your relationships like you want them.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Sometimes you have to go back before you can go forward.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Everything is progressing as it should.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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In other words, there's always SOMETHING else to improve or work on. Therefore, striving for perfection is not only frustrating, it's also technically impossible.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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A mantra: Not an asshole, not a doormat.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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The clearer you see what's going on inside of you, the clearer you see what's going on outside of you. It's that simple.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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There’s no such thing as a small action. There’s no such thing as small progress.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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One day a change will come.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Everything is all right and okay.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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We are surrounded by the light.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Boundaries aren’t something you knock out of the park every time.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You can be more discriminating.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Perhaps this is what bravery really is--simply having run out of better options, being so totally frustrated by the outside world that all you can do is go within.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
"Sickness and health come and go, just like everything else. It's just the way life is."
Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
"We all have inner wisdom. We all have true north."
Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Healing is never a straight line.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Bodies are so mysterious, much more complicated than car doors. They take more patience to understand and work with. They require more than a couple hours to repair.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You can be weird here. You can be yourself.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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We're allowed to relabel and remake ourselves.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Sometimes you have to give up wanting something before you can have it.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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The deepest waters are the only ones capable of carrying you home.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Life doesn’t need us to boss it around.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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There’s a lot of magic around you.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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For all of the things life takes away, it gives so much more in return. Whether we realize it or not, there’s always grace available.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You’re exactly where you need to be.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Healing is like the internet at my parents’ house—it takes time.
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