This probably won’t come as a surprise, but I love Bette Midler. I guess there are certain requirements you have to meet if you want to be a card-carrying homosexual, and I’m proud to say I checked that one off at an early age. For this I blame my late Uncle Monty, who, although straight, also loved The Divine Miss M. (I suppose this is allowed). I remember sitting in his dentist’s chair as a child this one weekend when it was just the two of us at his office. Uncle Monty loved music, and that particular day he had Miss Otis Regrets on repeat. Just that one song, over and over for maybe an hour. It was the first time I’d heard anyone do that, play a song so many times that it becomes forever a part of you.
This morning, on the way to a funeral, I was in a car accident. It happened in Fort Smith where Free Ferry turns into 74th, this sort-of blind curve that leads into a steep hill. I made the curve, and as I came onto 74th, a rather sizable and stupid turtle was (slowly) crossing the road. So I swerved to the right side of my lane, and then back to the left, successfully dodging the son of a bitch. But the car in front of me had come to a dead halt–in the middle of the damn road!–I guess to play Jesus and save one of God’s more ignorant creatures. Slamming on my brakes, I stopped just in time to miss hitting them.
But the guy in the pickup truck behind me–didn’t.
It’s funny how moments like that one both slow down and speed up all at once, like a rubber band that’s pulled slowly backwards and then snaps forward–BAM!–and it’s over. A rubber band snapping–that’s what my neck felt like. And then all at once my coffee was splattered across my dash, my change scattered all over the floor, the baseball cap that was on my head–in the backseat.
For a few minutes, it felt like a dream. I’d only slept a few hours the night before–I’d just had the shit knocked out of me–everything was being processed about as slowing as that fucking turtle was crossing the road. I pulled my car over, so did the others. A lady yelled from the accident site, “Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah,” I said.
An old man crawled out of the pickup truck. He had hearing aids. He looked confused. He said, “What happened?”
My guardian angel is obviously getting paid about as much as I am.
The lady and maybe her son were then next to us. Is everyone okay? And then they were gone, back to the accident site, kicking the remains of my back bumper into the grass. At the same time–I think–the tortoise rescue team either moved the turtle off the road or picked it up and put it in their car like a couple of cat burglars except–obviously–different. I don’t remember them saying anything during this whole process, and then they–what the actual hell?–got in their car and drove off. Assholes. (This is me learning to express myself.)
The old man gave me his business card. I gave him mine. His hands were shaking. He couldn’t find his insurance. And then he did. I walked down to the accident site and looked around. My magnetic hide-a-key had come off my bumper. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used that thing. I lock my keys in my car constantly. I picked it up. Tearing a piece of styrofoam off my bumper, I put it in my front seat and called my insurance company. The man still seemed confused. I was on the phone with my agent, but he kept talking, saying–I think that’s the wrong insurance card–No, it’ll work–Do we need to call the police? No, we don’t. My agent says we don’t have to if we don’t want to–I don’t want to. I’m going to be late for the funeral.
The man drove off, and then I did. I didn’t even think to look at his truck, see how badly it was damaged. Then on the phone with his insurance company, I pulled into a hospital parking lot and filed a claim. The lady was super nice, but she actually said, “I hope the turtle is okay.” I thought about the fact that my neck had recently functioned like a slingshot, the fact that I could hear birds chirping through the open spaces in my trunk, the fact that my guardian angel is obviously getting paid about as much as I am lately.
I replied, “That turtle can die.”
Next I drove to the funeral, my bumper scrapping my tire the whole way, myself leaned back like a gangster because I couldn’t get my broken seat to return to its full and upright position. At the funeral parking lot, I got out and looked at the damage again. My bumper looks like a park bench, I thought. It’s so dented in, you could curl up and take a nap on that thing–like a cat, like a whole bunch of cats.
By this time I was thinking more clearly, so I called my parents. I’m okay, but I was in a wreck. I’ve gotta go, but don’t ever park your car in the middle of a street to save a reptile. Then I called my chiropractor and my massage therapist. Both of them said they could see me today, but it would mean leaving the funeral early. “Okay,” I said. “I’ll be there.”
For the next six hours, I was in and out of offices. The chiropractor, who was at least a seven and a half, said it was “nothing major.” I thought about saying, “Nothing major! Do you want to see my rear end?” but figured he wouldn’t know I was talking about my car. He said I had a slight compression in my neck joints, probably due to tight muscles. So he adjusted me, ran some ultrasound to reduce inflammation, and told me to come back next week. Then I went to my friend Justin’s house because I had time to kill and didn’t know what else to do.
Well, Justin, who knows a ton about cars and pretty much everything, is what we affectionately call a wet blanket. So he took one look at my car, pointed out that the entire frame was compromised and compared it to a can of soda pop that’s been stepped on by a circus performer. He said, “There’s no going back. It’s totaled. See how this door won’t open and that wheel is no longer perpendicular to the ground?”
“That’s a bad thing?” I said.
“Yeah. And you probably won’t get much money for it.”
(Pause.)
“Where did you say you keep your beer?”
My massage therapist, Ron, was a miracle. Is a miracle. (Go see him.) He worked on me for about thirty minutes, got my muscles to relax, and put bright blue Kinesio Tape on my neck, which is supposed to promote healing and blood flow to injured muscles. That’s me (with the tape) and Ron in the photo up top.
Next I went back to Justin’s, and we got lunch. Justin, who prefers the term “realist” to “pessimist,” said I should go to the doctor and request x-rays. That way, in the event that I’m really screwed up, there’s proof from the day of the accident. So Justin drove, and that’s what we did.
The receptionist at the doctor’s office had a basket of pens with a label on it that said, “Pens,” but when I first noticed it, I honestly thought it read, “Penis.” God knows what Freud would say about that, but I just figured it meant I’m ready to start dating again.
The doctor said there were no broken bones, nothing out of place. Phew! He also said it was a good idea that I came in early, that I got ahead of things, and he wrote a prescription for a muscle relaxer, an anti-inflammatory, and–Score!–a pain pill. So my last stop today was the pharmacy. Well, no, I take that back. I went to Starbucks for a White Chocolate Mocha and a chocolate chip cookie so I could go home, take drugs, get fat, smoke cigarettes, and generally feel sorry for myself. (My therapist has previously endorsed this sort of behavior on exceptionally difficult days. She calls it “comforting.”)
When I got home, I pulled my car, Polly, into my parents’ garage. I got the car from my Grandpa Pauline after she passed away, and it occurred to me this evening that I would probably never drive her again. At least in Polly–no more trips to see my Aunt Terri, Uncle Monty’s wife, in Tulsa–no more trips to see my therapist. In a strange way, it felt like a death. At the same time, I was glad I didn’t buy those new car mats I’ve been thinking about for over a year.
It’s funny how grief and joy get all mixed up. As I stood at the end of the garage and alternated oral fixations–coffee, cookie, cigarette–I put my earbuds in and searched for Bette Midler’s Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits, an album I’ve had on repeat off and on for over fifteen years. For probably twenty minutes I played From a Distance over and over. It’s about the idea that “from a distance,” everything looks beautiful, everything is just right, everything is–okay. It says, “God is watching us–from a distance.”
I thought about the fact that some days God feels so far away. Some days life is already a lot to handle, more questions than answers really. And then a couple of turtle-lovers and a guy who’s not paying attention come along and fuck things up even more than they already are. It’s like everything is falling apart. But then again, in my case, I got excellent, immediate care. What’s more, insurance paid for everything. So far, I haven’t spent a dime. So in that sense, it felt like everything was coming together, that God was anything but far away.
In one of the most profound books I’ve read about healing trauma, I learned that the physical body often releases trauma through crying and even shaking, as might be evidenced–respectively–by a small child, or a duck that ruffles its feathers after a fight. Before I knew this, I didn’t trust my body to cry, to curl up in a ball if it wanted to. Most of today, I’ve been in “I can handle this” mode. I haven’t been angry, upset, sad, or worried. But this evening while listening to From a Distance, all the emotions hit me, just a hard as that fucking truck did. So when I started to cry, I didn’t push back the tears. I welcomed them. And when my body started shaking, I slumped down into a ball, leaned against the side of the house, and tried to make room within me for all of life’s mysteries. I can only imagine that from a distance, it was quite a beautiful thing to see.
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"Sure, people change, but love doesn't."
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Your emotions are tired of being ignored.
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It's never a small thing to open your home or heart to another person.
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No emotion is ever truly buried.
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If you want to find a problem, you will.
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Give yourself an abundance of grace.
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Answers come built-in. There are no "just problems."
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Who’s to say that one experience is better than another?
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"Things that shine do better when they're scattered about."
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"No one comes into this life knowing how to dance, always moving with grace."
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Sometimes you have to go back before you can go forward.
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Healing is never a straight line.
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When the universe speaks—listen.
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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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Abundance comes in many forms.
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Any mundane thing–an elevator ride!–can be turned into something joyous.
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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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All your scattered pieces want to come back home.
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Healing is like the internet at my parents’ house—it takes time.
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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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You can be weird here. You can be yourself.
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It’s okay to ask for help.
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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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if you're content with yourself and you're always with yourself, then what's the problem?
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Life doesn’t need us to boss it around.
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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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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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Whatever needs to happen, happens.
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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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You know when someone crosses a line. You may not want to admit it, but you know.
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Stop buying your own bullshit.
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All things become ripe when they’re ready.
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If life can create a problem, it can also provide an answer.
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As the ocean of life changes, we must too.
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Sometimes life can really kick you in the balls and make you drop to your knees.
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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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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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We all need to feel alive.
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Every stress and trauma in your life is written somewhere in your body.
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Everything is all right and okay.
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We think of hope as something pristine, but hope is haggard like we are.
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We follow the mystery, never knowing what’s next.
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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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"You can't change your age, but you can change what your age means to you."
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Both sunshine and rain are required for growth.
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"I believe we're all courageous, and I believe that no one is alone."
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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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In this moment, we are all okay.
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"Not knowing what's going to happen next is part of the adventure."
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Life is never just so. Honestly, it’s a big damn mess most of the time.
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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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There’s no such thing as a small action. There’s no such thing as small progress.
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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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No one dances completely alone.
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Some things simply take time and often more than one trip to the hardware store.
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Aren’t you perfect just the way you are?
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We are all connected in a great mystery and made of the same strong stuff.
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We are surrounded by the light.
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"Sickness and health come and go, just like everything else. It's just the way life is."
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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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"Kindness is never a small thing."
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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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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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You can’t play small forever.
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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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Nothing physical was ever meant to stay the same.
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Go easier on yourself.
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Give yourself a break.
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"There are a lot of benefits to being right here, right now."
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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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Abundance is a lot like gravity--it's everywhere.
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When we expect great things, we see great things.
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All great heroes, at some point, surrender to the unknown.
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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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Life proceeds at its own pace.
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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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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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It’s hard to say where a kindness begins or ends.
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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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Solid help and solid hope are quite the same thing.
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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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Getting comfortable in your own skin takes time.
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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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Storms don’t define us, they refine us.
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It’s not where you are, it’s whom you are there with.
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A mantra: Not an asshole, not a doormat.
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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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Pressure, it seems, is necessary to positive internal change. After all, lumps of coal don't shine on their own.
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"It's never a minor thing to take better care of yourself."
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Even a twisted tree grows tall and strong.
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Our struggles unearth our strengths.
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You can rise above. You can walk on water.
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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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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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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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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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We’re all made of the same stuff.
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Normal people don’t walk on water.
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Growth and getting far in life have nothing to do with where you’re physically standing.
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Freedom lies on the other side of everything you're afraid of.
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Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not true.
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One thing finishes, another starts. Things happen when they happen.
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Healing requires letting go of that thing you can’t let go of.
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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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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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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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There’s a lot of magic around you.
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"We were made to love without conditions. That's the packaging we were sent with."
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We always have more support than we realize.
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Rejecting yourself is what really hurts.
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Help is always on the way.
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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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"The truth is right in front of you."
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One day a change will come.
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We can rewrite our stories if we want to.
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It’s enough just to be here.
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A friend’s laughter takes us backward and carries us forward simultaneously.
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We're allowed to relabel and remake ourselves.
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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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"When you’re authentic, your authenticity is enough. You don’t need to compare."
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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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Everything is progressing as it should.
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"Obviously, God's capable of a lot. Just look around."
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No one is immune from life’s challenges.
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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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"Why should anyone be embarrassed about the truth?"
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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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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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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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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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You can be more discriminating.
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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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"Authenticity is worth all the hard work. Being real is its own reward."
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Your story isn’t about your physical challenges.
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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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It’s never too late to be your own friend.
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You have everything you need.
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Take your challenges and turn them into the source of your strengths.
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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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All things are moving as they should.
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If anything is ever going to change for the better, the truth has to come first.
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Suddenly the sun breaks through the clouds. A dove appears--the storm is over.
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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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You can’t stuff down the truth—it always comes up.
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"The heart sings for its own reasons."
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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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"Miracles happen."
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
"We all have inner wisdom. We all have true north."
Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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A storm can leave your life just as quickly as it enters it.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Patting yourself on the back is better than beating yourself over the head.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Nothing was made to last forever.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Our shoulders weren’t meant to carry the weight of the world.
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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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Perfection is ever-elusive.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Our burdens are lighter when we share them.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Love is all around us.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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The truth doesn’t suck.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Confidence takes what you have and amplifies it. Confidence makes anyone sexy.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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The symbols that fascinate us are meant to transform us.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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We don’t get to boss life around.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Transformation doesn’t have a drive thru window. It takes time to be born again.
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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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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You absolutely have to be vulnerable and state what you want.
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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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Beautiful isn’t something that comes in a particular package. Beautiful is simply being yourself.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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It takes forty years in the desert for seas to part.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Anything and everything is possible.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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No good story ever ends.
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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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Nothing is set in stone here.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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A break is no small thing to give yourself.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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It's enough to sit in, and sometimes drag ass through, the mystery.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Each season has something to offer.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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There’s nothing you can do to change the seasons or hurry them along.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
"Beating yourself up is a far cry from self-respect."
Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Things are only important because we think they are.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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There’s nothing wrong with taking a damn nap.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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All emotions are useful.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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What are you really running away from?
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Damn if good news doesn't travel the slowest.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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You really do belong here.
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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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Ultimately, we all have to get our validation from inside, not outside, ourselves.
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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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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
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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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Quotes from CoCo (Marcus)
"No one's story should end on the ground."
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