Everyone has adventures in their lives. Some good ones, some bad ones.

I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be phenomenal dancer even with an SCI

With determination, it is possible to block out the negative things and enjoy the positive ones, despite the cons. Most importantly, it is possible to dance through everything pernicious.

The stares were annoying, but I knew they didn’t mean any harm. So, every morning, smiling at them became part of my routine, too.

This was the first piece to the whole story—the beginning.

I was eight years old and scared, and had no idea what was going on

I was scared...and did not know what was coming for me next.

Even the littlest things were now a challenge, one I didn't understand.

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.

I did what I could, I tried to stay away, I told myself that I don't need you, I don't need to feel this way, But soon I realized that I am just a fishAlways falling as you're prey

In these story telling moments we equip our children, with crucial solution tools for life. To deprive them of these necessary teachable moments is like denying a carpenter the tools of his trade.

Check out the produce bin in your fridge or your cabinet before you buy more. When you see something on the verge of going bad, freeze it, turn it into a sauce, make jam.

So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.

Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.

You do not need to know anything about a plant to know that it is beautiful.

Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day.

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.