“Be gentle with that part of you that says you should always be perfect and flawless in doing what you love and accept that it’s okay to make small mistakes despite something being your passion because that’s how you learn. Take risks and know that accepting your imperfections is how you grow instead of always pushing them aside and never allowing yourself to see how your failures don’t define in you. It’s the success that comes from your relentless trying that does. You are never fixed. You are never frozen. You are always a work in progress.”

“…you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”