“…I try to incorporate life’s lessons from everyone around me and pay it forward anytime I can. I look at every person I meet as a new and thrilling experience with which I’m gifted. Every new city or country or continent that I visit is a beautiful exploration from which I can learn. Every new client or project represents the possibility of meeting new people and having new adventures.”

“By studying yesterday, you will understand today.”

“Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.”

“This year has taught me the simple craft of belief. I believe in the things I’ve nurtured and built this year. Slowly but carefully. Such as understanding, knowledge, passion, strength; the hundreds of songs I’ve written, the 365 poems, the books I’ve read and the miles I’ve run. The resolution to breathe, to meditate, to not harm my mind or body even when I’ve felt like it. ”

“There is joy in every circumstance. Although the beginning is/might be bitter, there are valuables lessons in between that bring joy.”

“There’s joy in every circumstance. The beginning is bitter, but in between, there are valuable lessons that bring joy.”

“You’re not going to get what you want out of life till you figure out what it wants out of you.”

“Entire lives aren’t lessons, but there are lessons in lives.”

“Who can forget the lessons, trouble teaches?”

“All the same, there were some things they needed to learn. Do not drink milk after a thunderstorm, for it will certainly be sour. Always leave out seed for the birds when the first snow falls. Wash your hair with rosemary. Drink lavender tea when you cannot sleep. Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.”

“Some lessons are learnt the hard way, but worth it.”

“There are some lessons you can never find in a classroom, hence you need to learn from every person and every situation that you encounter.”

“When you listen, you learn. But when you keep on talking, you miss the lessons you would have learnt from listening.”