8 Lessons in Love

All of my leaps have been a process of asking myself, 'what am I going to do about it?' because we have the capacity to do something.

When I talk about love, I'm not talking about the noun. I'm referring to the verb, the action. The kind of love that gets in formation and shows up with so much courage.

Everyday I dream of a love in this world that flows so deep that no act could erase it, that no act could take it away.

Unforgiveness stunts your growth.

But we choose how our past informs our future and what we’ll do with all the beautiful moments in between. We choose which mountains we’ll climb or which ones we’ll attempt to carry. We choose how we’ll respond to the injustices of the world or which ones we’ll turn a blind eye to. But most importantly we choose how we’ll show up in the world. What contributions we’ll make. What rules we’ll break for the better. And with love as your compass you’ll always end up exactly where you belong. Right in the mist of fulfilling your purpose.

Each of us in this room has the capacity to create that world—to inject love.

You can't move in love if you don't forgive. You can't move in love if you don't let go of the past. You can't move in love if you don't love yourself.

We choose which mountain we'll climb or which ones we'll choose to carry.

We damn sure don't need permission to change the world.

You gotta keep your dreams in conversation.