Occupation: Author Birth: January 24, 1980
We don't just live in books awake and dreams asleep. We are living stories, you and I, with dreams inside us undeniable, with love to give and people….
So if you feel as if you feel too much, well then you are not alone. May these words find you like a friend..
I don't know your story or your dreams or the things that steal your sleep, but I know they matter. I hope you story is rich with characters, rich wi….
The dream is you never giving up on your story because no one else can play your part..
We are all a people in need. We are not perfect. We are not machines. We make mistakes. We need grace. We need compassion. We need help at times. We ….
There are dreams inside of me and those are mine and my guess is that they're there for a reason. But for all the days like now where the dreams are ….
Be loved. Be known. Love people and know people. Be so brave as to raise a hand for help when you need it. Make friends and make sure they know they ….
We're all in this together. It's okay to be honest. It's okay to ask for help. It's okay to say you're stuck, or that you're haunted or that you can'….
Perhaps you have to have a little bit of hope to believe that beauty can be found, to believe that life does come back, that something can surprise y….
And God must be a pretty big fan of today, because you keep waking up to it. You have made known your request for a hundred different yesterdays, but….
Love is a thousand things, but at the center is a choice. It is a choice to love people. Left to myself, i get quiet and bitter and critical. i get a….
You'll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You wil….
There's room for magic and inspiration. There's room to live a better story..
More than anything, my wish for you is this: That when your awful darkest days come, you will know you're not alone. Pain will tell you to keep quiet….
You are alive tonight for a reason. You were created to love and to be loved. You were not meant to be alone. You are not alone. You were meant to do….
Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it's awkward. When it's uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of….
Love is a thousand things, but at the center is a choice..
Nobody gets to name you. You are not forgettable. You are not replaceable. You are not your pain. You are sacred and special and alive..
Don't live only in your head. It's lonely and it's dangerous..
We need one another. There's no reason to judge. People are more fragile than you could possibly imagine..
What an amazing thing to feel known and loved, to feel understood, to walk through life with another person..