I don't know if I'll find the cinnamon girl. I think I already did, but I'm still singing, who knows.
When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living
I keep wondering how to explain the experience of child abuse from the inside. I'm going to try to explain what my world was like when I was sexually abused. The thing you have to remember is that this was the thinking of a child.
It's essential that a part of you not grow up. Childhood wonder gives us our spark and beauty.
There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive.
An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.
I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything
I've wanted to be an astronaut, a doctor, a vet - these are things I've said in interviews. Before that, I wanted to be a mermaid and a fairy
I need to talk to Lena" There it was. I'd finally said it. The one thing that had kept me from being able to exhale all day. The thing that had made me feel like I couldn't sit down, like I couldn't stay. Like I had to get up and go somewhere, even if I had nowhere to go.
In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.
As ministers we ought to speak of God. We are human, however, and so cannot speak of God. We ought therefore to recognize both our obligation and our inability and by that very recognition give glory to God