“Techniques like reappraisal and mindful acceptance can help us navigate these moments of self-doubt.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“The highest sanctity is abolition of differentiation.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“What goes down always comes up and what comes up always goes down. Such is Life. Celebrate its suchness. And keep flowing with Life. Sometimes reaping rich dividends and sometimes feeling good you have either cushioned well for a loss or learning that you could have cushioned better. Enjoy the ride!”
“Your problem is yours alone. For others, it is just information, news, gossip – or even just a distant happening or event. So, don’t expect others to understand your situation better than you do.”
“You were human. And there's nothing wrong with that."
-Maxis to Seraphina, Dragonbane”
“Dangerous is the woman who can give herself what she used to seek from others. Limitless is the woman who dares to name herself. The way I see it, shame cannot oppress what acceptance has already claimed for sovereignty.”
Source: You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
“Sonnet of Enlightenment
World is born when individual is born.
Individual is born when collectivity is realized.
Collectivity is realized when selfishness is erased.
Selfishness is erased when love is universalized.
Love is universalized when separation is destroyed.
Separation is destroyed when superstition is crushed.
Superstition is crushed when reason is nourished.
Reason is nourished when correction is desired.
Correction is desired when ignorance is recognized.
Ignorance is recognized when arrogance is abolished.
Arrogance is abolished when humility is fostered.
Humility is fostered when simplicity is habit.
Simplicity is habit when awareness awakens.
Awareness awakens when expansion awakens.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“Refugees are here because they have no choice. They also bring enormous gifts and talents, as Tung did. They just need an opportunity. I hope our story inspires others to understand that people from different backgrounds can find common ground if we just listen to each other. We can all be bigger than our individual selves. We all have tremendous power to change the lives of others and help the world become more mixed and accepting ... Everyone can get to know people who are different than they are. Everyone can help where they see a need. We all have stories to tell, and the best thing we can do for ourselves and the world is to listen to each other.”
Source: Mango & Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
“Brave, The Sonnet
Say o brave, o soldier of eternal heights,
May I be decapitated before my head bows.
Say o brave, o explorer of impossibility,
May I feed another while my stomach growls.
Say o brave, o pedestrian of purity,
I obey no law for I'm the epitome of rightness.
Say o brave, o athlete of amor and amity,
I am sheer insanity exuding real saneness.
Say o brave, o bearer of benevolence,
I am disaster, blaster and master of destiny.
Say o brave, o vessel of valiance,
I devour fear, greed, pride and insecurity.
Say o brave, I am the seed of all assimilation,
The first one standing, earthquakin' egalitarian.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“Beyond that closed door, you can still make a great impact in the world.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies