I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother my aunt my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
On a level of simple personal survival understanding and forgiveness are...
Courage is just fear plus prayers plus understanding.
Fear is the only true enemy born of ignorance and the parent of anger and...
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of...
