Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.
You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.
. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.
Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it.
A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations and makes carrying on as usual out of the question.