Even if some circumstances are less ideal than others, if you’re subconsciously looking for a reason to play it safe, you’ll always find one.

If we do not answer this call, it will continue to show up in our lives, often in similar patterns and feelings. We will continuously return to wondering: “How am I still here?” or “How did I get here again?” The answer is that the same wake-up call keeps coming in until our subconscious minds agree to embark on the journey of our own becoming.

I know that sounds so counterintuitive, as though purpose is exclusively selfless. The reality is that to be overflowing with love, we must first fill ourselves up with it. We must first come to a place of knowing before we can share wisdom. We must first know connection before we can connect. Everyone you admire, who has guided you and loved you i

These are the questions you want to ask yourself to build your own mission: What is it that you want to feel each day? What do you want to be most proud of by your life’s end? What work do you want to do each day? How do you want to be remembered? How do you want to impact others? How comfortably do you need to live in order to feel whole? Where do

Connection is the free-flowing state of sharing presence with one another, and more people would want to connect with you than you’d probably assume. Connection is recognizing that even when life hands you a season of aloneness, you are never completely disconnected.

Instead of gripping tightly to that which gives you a place, I hope you learn that growth is really just learning to love what you have while you have it, be where you are while you’re there, and not get too flustered at the fact that you’re still a work in progress.

If you’re willing to believe that something might be possible for you — it already is.

Decide you’re deserving of real friendship, true commitment and complete love with people who are healthy and thriving. Then wait in the darkness, just for a little bit… …And watch how quickly everything begins to change.

What we are looking for is not a life path that is easy, but one that is worthwhile. One that we are willing to hurt for, to reach for, to stretch for. One where the difficulty doesn’t become a deterrent, but a subtle motivator. One where we can go home at the end of the night and close our eyes and feel at ease with the fact that we tried our best