Gentle

When someone you trust sees your potential and says they believe you can be that person, it opens up a path and inspires you to become that version of yourself.

Life will absolutely not be what you think it will be. It will be hard and wonderful and messy and rewarding, with more versions of you than you think possible.

You don't have to win to be part of something truly magical.

While perfection is elusive, humanity is certain. And it will get you where you want to go, where you need to be.

When you are leaping without a safety net, people become your safety net and you become theirs.

Hard things will happen to us. We will recover. We will learn from it. We will grow more resilient because of it. And as long as we are fortunate enough to be breathing, we will breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out.

My experience has been that my mistakes led to the best things in my life. And being embarrassed when you mess up is part of the human experience. Getting back up, dusting yourself off, and seeing who still wants to hang out with you afterward and laugh about it — that's a gift.

Losing things doesn't just mean losing. A lot of the time, when we lose things, we gain things too.

Expertise is powerful, but love always wins.

Amazing things happen when you do hard things. You grow, you become closer to others who share the experience, you become stronger as a person.

Carry others deeply in your heart as you make your way in this world, and remember that you are being carried in others' hearts as well.

The eulogy virtues are the ones people will say about you when you're gone. Will they say you were a kind person? Did you love freely? Were you a loyal friend? Did you live a life of giving?