“Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.”

“I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself.”

“I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.”

“I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender.”

“I choose to let positive attitudes lighten my being today.”

“I am building a healthy support system and learning to use it readily.”

“I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this i...”

“If I should get lost in all the chaos of the world, pull your butterly net and catch me in the beauty of your love. Remind me of important things -- friends, flowers, fields of cool grass under bar...”

“Make no attachment, so you can flow freely.”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”