Resilience

Your mentors may leave you prepared, but they can't leave you ready.

Whatever holds us together now, whatever makes us stronger, brings us together, binds us close right now is good and necessary and must be encouraged with whatever it takes.

Build your tribe. They will keep you alive.

Everything is always working out for me.

Anything that seems to be set in stone or inalterable can, indeed, change.

The Berlin Wall limited my opportunities. It quite literally stood in my way. However, there was one thing which this wall couldn't do. It couldn't impose limits on my inner thoughts. My personality, my imagination, my dreams and desires — prohibitions or coercion couldn't limit any of that.

You always have a goddess of wisdom in your corner. It is your education. It is your experience. It is the incredible lessons you have learned right here.

Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it's something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on.

Everyone gets knocked down. What matters is whether you get back up and keep going.

This is a battle-hardened hope, tempered by loss and clear-eyed about the stakes.

Failure is not something to be ashamed of, it's something to be powered by. Failure is the highest octane fuel your life can run on. You gotta learn to make failure your fuel.

Persist. Be patient. Be well.