“Follow your heart. It will all be okay. Pray. You have something to offer. Stop worrying. You are valuable. Pray. Help others. Keep moving forward. Pray”

“Last summer, a friend and I rode motorcycles and camped in Alaska for 10 days. A year before, neither one of us had ever driven a motorcycle. We spent a year preparing for the trip. I loved the fact that almost everything we did, both in planning and on the trip itself was a first for both of us! It was scary and exhilarating at the same time.”

“Please if you’re reading this, and there’s that one thing you can’t stop daydreaming about, that consumes you even when you should be doing your “real job”- know that on the other side of the fear of the unknown is strength and resiliency and self-reliance. You will be OK- and more than OK; self-fulfilled. And guess what? The worst thing that could happen is you fail. So what. Then one night twenty years from now, you’ll be able to sleep peacefully knowing you tried.”

Personally, I’ve curdled on the inside trying to answer the question “and what do you do” at networking events and social functions in the past.  I’ve stood there like a deer in headlights thinking, “I’m so much more than what I do, how can I tell you who I am?”

“Never stop wanting more. Always put yourself out there and learn new things. Continue to be an individual and don’t change who you are for anyone. “