“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”

—  Anne Lamott

"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."

—  Zig Ziglar

"I am not for delusional optimism, but I'm also not for cynics either. I'm for skeptics, and I also think true optimism is true realism."

—  Matthew McConaughey

"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will."

—  Jawaharlal Nehru

"You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge."

— Danielle LaPorte

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

— Winnie-the-Pooh

"Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come."

— Yoko Ono

"Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love."

— Fred Rogers

Somehow, I missed the lesson on how to say I'm sorry when I was growing up.

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go."

— Hermann Hesse

“Mattering is like gravity, unseen, but essential. It holds us in place. It steadies us. When we feel we matter, we feel anchored.”

— Jennifer Breheny Wallace

I can't stop thinking about Alysa Liu's irrepressible joy at the end of her gold medal-winning performance at the Winter Olympic Games.

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

— Anna Quindlen

Life is full of surprises—sometimes good ones, and sometimes hard ones.

Chances are, you know someone in your extended circle who has a child or young adult who has transitioned or is transitioning in their gender identification or expression.

"Every 'yes' changes something in me. Every 'yes' is a bit more transformative. Every 'yes' sparks some new phase of revolution."

— Shonda Rhimes

The approaching holiday season, coupled with the year's darkest days, can feel overwhelming—especially when you're navigating loss or complicated family dynamics.

There is something profoundly beautiful about the lifelong, ever-changing nature of our nests. Through countless life-stage transitions—we adapt to our evolving needs, and we recreate our spaces, again and again.

"Lasting pain relief is not found in pill bottles but rests on building a healthy lifestyle, pain resiliency, and preventative measures. It is time to take charge of our own pain care."

— Andrew Weil, MD

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

— Desmond Tutu