She wore her battle scars like wings, looking at her you would never know that once upon a time she forgot how to fly

It takes courage to become authentic. So many talk about the light but not enough speak the truth about the struggles it takes to get there and the tools to overcome it all.

I said, but I have to go, there are so many places calling my name.

You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free.

Know your worth and love yourself in such a way that anyone who is no good for you, wont be able to reach you.

You have to learn where your weaknesses end and your strengths starts or you will spend your life focusing on all that falls apart.

Happiness will be fleeting if you constantly search for it in places that can be taken away. It's an inside job.

I am a wild woman. it would take a warrior to tame my spirit.

You can give illness to her body but you can't take the gypsy out of that girl.

Sometimes all it takes is a little watering everyday and a sunny day to follow, that's how weeds become flowers and new dawns rise - why would it be any less then for a human life?

what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction.

If we obey God, the more we shall know his goodness.

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film.

To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important.

I've thought about going back to school.

If something is not good enough, stop doing it.

Sometimes things seem too good to be true.

The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.

There are days when I'm alone with my thoughts, which is to say, not alone enough.

It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow.

Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.