When Other Little Girls Wanted To Be

We Have A Choice About How We Take What Happens To Us In Our Life And Whether Or Not We Allow It To Turn Us. We Can Become Consumed By Hate And Darkness, Or We're Able To Regain Our Humanity Somehow, Or Come To Terms With Things And Learn Something About Ourselves.

When I Was Little, Like Maleficent, I Was Told That I Was Different - And I Felt Out Of Place, And Too Loud, Too Full Of Fire, Never Good At Sitting Still, Never Good At Fitting In. And Then One Day I Realized Something, Something I Hope You All Realize. Different Is Good.

I Don't Really Send Text Messages. I Rarely Carry My Phone. I Occasionally Check Messages At The End Of The Night, But I Don't Carry It Around.

Love Should Be That Person That Inspires You To Be A Better Person.

I Love Great Journalism. I Appreciate It. I Love Good News Stories. I Love Great Books. I Love Great Articles. I Appreciate Them So Much, And They've Been Part Of My Education As A Woman.