“ When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. ”
Starting at the bottom is not about humiliation. It's about humility—a realistic assessment of where you are in the learning curve.
~ Maria Shriver
Listen: You can't short-circuit the learning process. It takes time to get to the top, and that's good-because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.
Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.
My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.
