this path

Accepting the job offer involved a process of looking back at the last few years of my work and seeing, for the first time, a path that I hadn't realized I was on. Anything can seem like a path when you look back and make it one, but it was a surprising lesson to me that sometimes you're already, maybe unknowingly, cultivating the experiences that ... See more

nothing is permanent, and if you try to stick to one path it lessens the likelihood of you surprising yourself or finding open doors you didn't even know where there. Cultivate relationships. You will be OK, dear questioner.

You don’t know a thing about the person you’ll turn out to be in a few years. That’s what’s so incredible: When you’re fully alive, you’re constantly surprised. Joy springs from surprise, from uncertainty, from surrender. Romance and trust and deep communion are always left to chance. Dare to cultivate curiosity instead of fear and control. Dare to... See more

I wish I had been told earlier that as long as you truly believe in yourself, everything else will fall into place—the right people will support you, and the right opportunities will come your way. I believe confidence and conviction in your vision attract the energy and connections needed to make it a reality.

It is a good idea, then, to keep in touch, and I suppose that keeping in touch is what notebooks are all about. And we are all on our own when it comes to keeping those lines open to ourselves: your notebook will never help me, nor mine you.

You can get through a lot, once you know who you are and you’re willing to stand up for who you are.