Quotes About Self-discovery

I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.

What matters is surely that life has a purpose for us, here and now. Whether this purpose was dreamed up by a creator or is assigned or invented by ourselves is not of paramount importance. If we can give life purpose and meaning, there is no obvious reason why this should be considered an inferior kind of meaning to that which could have been given by a creator.

I never had a mentor. I was forced to make myself up as i went along.

But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

But isn't that what life is about? Trying new things? Finding out what you love doing? Then taking a deep dive into it?

I've learned things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn't really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

Who will see you through the darkness? "Me," I key in the answer. "I'll find my own way.

At times like this, I'm thankful I don't feel love.

They got it wrong when they called it "the closet." This was a prison. Solitary confinement. I was locked inside, inside myself, dark and afraid and alone. (Chapter. 23)

Sometimes I'd catch myself looking at my reflection in windows and wonder who I was. Where I was going. Then the image would change and it wouldn't be me, just some nebulous shadow person.

My room is cleared. My head is cleared. Earlier, around dawn, I took out the last load of trash. I look around and see what's left. Nothing. There is no more Daelyn Rice. As I was. As I am. Or will become. I'm a blank slate

What will I become? Because I won't be me any longer. That will be a relief. I dont want to be the helpless person I've always been.

They didn't guarantee you'd come out a whole person.

Oh yeah. That's me. A mystery, even unto herself.

I knew if I gave into it, I'd have to surrender myself completely. I'd lose all control. Everything I knew, everything I was, the walls I'd built up to protect myself all these years would come crashing down. I might get lost in the rubble. Yet, she made me feel alive in a way I'd only ever imagined I could feel. Bells, whistles, music.

She smiled. "You did. And my gaydar never lies. Although later, I thought you might be bi." No, I wasn't bi. I was sure of that now. The depth of desire—it was unbelievable. That, and the certainty of this being right. Being me.

She is me. I am her. I want to be her. I want to be Luna.

I'm strangling her. She's not the one I want to eliminate. All this suppressing and holding her down, keeping her caged, perpetuating this fraud, this sham. I can't do it anymore." He shook his head. "I can't." He raised his chin and looked at me. "It won't go away. No matter how much I wish, or pray, she's always with me. She is me. I am her. I want to be her. I want to be Luna." "You

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

It turns out, after a lot of exploration, that I'm not really a princess. A swell gal, sure, but not a princess.

For years I've been trying to turn myself into someone I'm not. Because that's what Court wanted. But you get me. I can be the man I want to be with you—the man I'm meant to be. You needed me to be that man. I'm a cop. Always have been, always will be.

He had the strange sensation of not knowing who he was, of having traveled off the map of his own existence.

And if anyone asks, you're Chinese. The boy had nodded. "Chinese," he whispered. "I'm Chinese." "And I," said the girl, "am the Queen of Spain." "In your dreams," said the boy. "In my dreams," said the girl, "I'm the King.

There's nothing complicated or expensive about living purposefully and meaningfully. And we don't have to travel to some exotic place to "find ourselves," or to make a difference. The most effective practices that afford us the most happiness and meaning are done within the context of our daily lives. This is the premise of all my work – bringing our ideas and practices into our daily life. The place we make a real difference is within our own personal lives.