Bright words of Suzan Lori Parks

So, I'm working in the office, and am asked to look up former faculty from the California Institute of the Arts. On this long quest i have come across some pretty interesting people, sites, and work. This particular woman, I guess wrote speech for some graduating class, complete with wit and humor, but these interesting suggestions. I will share two with you, because I am going to carry them with me forever:

1. Get out of your own way. You can spend your life trippin' on yourself, you can also spend your life tripping yourself up. Get out of your own way.

2. Be bold. Envision yourself living a life that you love. Believe, even if you can only muster your faith for just this moment, believe that the sort of life you wish to live is, at this very moment, just waiting for you to summon it up. And when you wish for it, you begin moving toward it, and it, in turn, begins moving toward you.

Well put.