To rise above the modifications of your mind, when you cease your mind, when you cease to be a part of your mind, that is yoga.
All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
Although I had no regrets, I told myself sadly that growing up was not the painless process one would have thought it to be.
Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Human beings are like some plants. If we pause a few seconds in our journey, we begin setting down roots, tendrils that entangle other people as we ourselves are entangled.
I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.
I had to trust life, since I was young enough to believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.
I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.