Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else
I really like to talk about my work in a way that is complicated.
I watch videos on YouTube of bands that I've heard of that I want to check out. And sometimes I don't even finish the video. And that's really sad, because maybe I'd like that song. I think that we don't give stuff a chance to really sink in.
I am not Lyme disease, that's not who I am, I'm still a feminist artist, but this is a part of my story too, and I'm not going to keep it out to look cooler.
I do sometimes think what outfit will make me happy. It's one of those self-care things. If I don't have time to do yoga in the morning, then I have a certain sweatershirt combination that makes me feel put together.
For whatever reason I just remembered being six years old and my parents leaving the house and trusting me to be alone. I had an older sister, I think she was supposed to babysit me but she immediately ran across the street to her friend's house.
Every time I get sexually harassed, I'm supposed to turn around and yell at the person, but there are safety issues. Sometimes the best thing you can do it just walk right past that person and have a great day. But sometimes you feel like you really need to say something.
Even mistakes can get you one step further.
This is a real presence which includes every dimension of who Jesus is: body and blood, human soul and divine person. The consecrated Eucharistic species are the Lord and therefore command our adoration. We do not adore ourselves, nor the ordained priest, nor the Bible, even though these are vehicles for Christ's spiritual presence; we do adore the Eucharist, this blessed sacrifice made really present sacramentally.
Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking. " Well, I've given the matter some serious thought. " "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way. " "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse. " "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.
Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.