“It’s okay to be overwhelmed. We’re not ‘too sensitive’ or ‘weak.’ And we don’t have to dishonor our feelings and push through it. In fact, feeling overwhelmed is kind of a natural response to any big vision.”
“For most of my life, I thought there was something wrong with me. Feeling things so deeply. Unable to understand why my mood could suddenly switch or why I’d feel awkward and uncomfortable in one situation but like I just couldn’t shut up in another one.”
“Because, for all the build-up that I was going to walk away with some sense of what my purpose is, I usually just walked away with either some generic stock line, like “Your purpose is to love,” or “Your purpose is to be you”—or I’d be told my purpose was one specific thing I did—like being a writer or having deep talks with people.”
“The thing about genius is it’s alive. In fact, it’s life force, itself. Connecting with our genius is literally connecting with our life force. The thing that powers us. Just like a seed that encourages an apple tree to produce apples.”
“The thing about genius is it automatically enables mastery. In fact, mastery isn’t even possible without genius. Because mastery is simply the relentless pursuit of bringing that genius forth. It’s knowing that the potential—the vision—is already alive. And just offering it to the world.”
“Love is life force energy, itself. It’s growth. It’s evolution and change. And that’s what makes it so dangerous. The current world isn’t safe. Because the second we fall in love, we’re having to sacrifice what was to become what will be. We’re changing the world.”