Sublime

suffering is universal. But victimhood is optional.

But you can choose how you live now. My precious, you can choose to be free.

that my deepest and most important work, professionally and personally, is still to come,

not to the imprisoning seduction of revenge but to the wide open sky of his promise and potential.

used to ask, Why me? Why did I survive? I have learned to ask a different question: Why not me? Standing on a stage surrounded by the next generation of freedom fighters, I could see in my conscious awareness something that is often elusive, often invisible: that to run away from the past or to fight against our present pain is to imprison ourselve

Expression is the opposite of depression.

painful experiences aren’t a liability—they’re a gift. They give us perspective and meaning, an opportunity to find our unique purpose and our strength.

These are lost children looking for an identity, looking for a way to feel strength, to feel like they matter.