You are NOT alone. It’s important that you know this — like, know it in your bones and with every ounce of your humanness. You’re connected in more ways than can be counted. All the good ways. All the not-feeling-so-hot ways too (oh, especially those!). Let me tell you about the bridge between you and me.

You don’t have to feel like you’ve accomplished enough or are worthy of all the affection in the universe to love yourself better. You can start right this minute, for no reason. You can try just because it’s something new, and it might yield different results, and different sounds better to you right now.

The best, most useful time to cultivate compassion is right now. Don’t you think? You could change the course of your future, even how you experience the past if you focused on loving better, deeper right where you are: others, yourself, this breath. Take these love affirmations and use your favorite to bring more fulfillment and ease to all your relationships — even with your barista and the mailman. It’s always the season for love.

Hope isn’t wishful thinking when you decide to do something about your desire for something new. Even thinking about it is doing something about it — it’s the first step, the watering of the roots. I penned these quotes about staying hopeful because you’re already standing exactly where you need to be to get where you want to go.

Pretend you are already enough. Keep nurturing that belief, accepting that wisdom, building from that foundation. When you slow down negative thinking, you can better face your current reality with a clear mind, a full heart, and a fresh perspective that leaves room for something new to work its way into your future.

Here’s another way to think about forgiveness: it's the lighter way to what you need, want, and already deserve: peace. Read these forgiveness affirmations. They'll remind you, guide you towards how you want to feel and live and give and receive. You deserve the life *you* want.

Surprise: each of these quotes about self-care are from my new book, Sleep Rituals, which happens to be about more than getting a good night’s sleep: it’s a self-care menu. Basically, you’re asking yourself how you can help your future self and that, in itself, is a recipe for a nice, long moment of real rest. (Sweet relief)

This is a poem about rest right in the middle of the unknown. It’s about that one moment that captures everything — life and death, truth and mystery, past and future. As you’re reading this poem about eternity, feel the peace and the power of the whole universe coming to meet you, right where you are.

Your story, your strength, your compassion, your passion, your perspective has the power to become someone else’s lifeline or lantern. These affirmations for a better world are from my new book, Morning Affirmations! They’ll encourage you to bring your natural brilliance wherever you go — it’s how you make a difference.

We start to feel lost without meaningful engagement in our path, which doesn’t just involve working toward something meaningful but also digging up meaning right in the middle of the journey. If you honor where you are, you bring that sense of appreciation and aliveness into the destination. What a trip that would be!