• "the best is all of you, here, where you are, brightly lit and painfully now...the best is you, now ."

• take risks
• be gentle with yourself
• be gentle with others

"new possibilities surround any moment that presents itself as question rather than answer." (jane hirshfield)

"you are always one decision away from a totally different life." (gashi)

"if you can imagine the worst thing, you can imagine the best thing. both things are imaginary. "

"we don't have to be someone." (sweet bean, 2015)

"i also am other than what I imagine myself to be. to know this is forgiveness.” (simone weil)

"the thing about everything is that it all gets easier with practice, so be careful what you practice." (watsonhoneybee)

—  to practice

• gratitude
• gentleness (emotional and physical)
• sincerity / authenticity
• reading every day
• mindfulness

—   to avoid

• socmed !!!

"i began to understand that there's a difference between someone actively trying to harm you and someone's specific constellation of shortcomings being harmful to you." (minda honey)

"if someone says something i find offensive, i'll offer an alternative viewpoint. i won't try to change the other person's mind; i just won't let the statement go unremarked upon." (lindsay gibson)