Pain is just the dark side of love, you know. It’s you feeling the lack of love instead of the fullness of love.

What can I be that I wasn’t yesterday? What can I create that’s never been seen before?’

You’re going to get there by doing the work every day, looking at what scares you, staring it down in the face and saying, ‘What can I do with this?

“People think you’re a product. They buy you, they sell you. So you’re not a person anymore.

Because listening to Mac and learning about his life, it made me wonder: What if, instead of losing himself to drugs, he had found a healer instead? What if he had been able to learn that he’s not simply musically talented, but spiritually gifted? What if he could have healed his wounds and learned how to manage his gifts — to shore up his

“But they don’t ever give it to you. You never make it. You were never meant to make it. Because while they’re doing this to you, they’re on to somebody else. Always on to somebody else. Somebody younger, somebody prettier, somebody more willing to work harder and eat less and not give ‘em so much trouble.

“When I talk about self-confidence,” she told me once, “this is what I’m talking about: Not simply holding your head high, but filling the space of you, and using the space of you to create whatever it is that you want to create. You, your soul, is wise and infinite. Your soul is powerful, powerful, and don’t let them take that power from you.”

seeking approval is the same as giving away your power: By asking permission, you’re giving permission — to be controlled, diminished, and eventually disposed of altogether.

“I’m awkward when talking of love. I get a bit clumsy. Because it’s something I don’t want to share. I protect my love, because I don’t want it to be changed outside of me, by others. It’s for me. I don’t need to share what I receive when it comes to love. But by protecting it and keeping it within, it’s what allows me to go on, what connects me to