an open letter...

"There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it.  You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, you forget the bad, and you focus on the good.  You love the people who treat you right.  And, you pray for the ones who don't.  Life is too short to be anything but happy.  Falling down is part of life, getting back up is living."

Lao Tzu

"If you are depressed,
you are living in the past.
If you are anxious,
you are living in the future.
If you are at peace,
you are living in the present."

Catherine Burke

"Anxiety is your soul jumping up and down inside your heart screaming, 'I'm not happy'"

Chogyam Trungpa

"You are absolutely comfortable and happy the way you are, yet at the same time you find it excruciatingly painful.  You are not certain whether you want to stay the way you are, which is very pleasurable, or not stay the way you are, because it is very painful at the same time.  That kind of pushing and pulling happens all the time.  That seems to be the motivation and the contagious quality of Buddha nature, which is trying to shine through all the time."

Harriet Tubman

"Every great dreams begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and to change the world."