“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.”
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this, ' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.