The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen. And so, to rid myself of the latter is to reduce my concern about the former, which means I just unleashed my life.

One of the most terrifying questions of all might be, ‘Will I unleash myself to live before death unleashes me from the ability to be unleashed?’ And in retrospect, maybe it’s not the question that’s terrifying. Maybe what’s terrifying is the answer.

We got where we are because our choices mapped the route and paved the road.

Most often, what I don’t know will have a vastly greater bearing on my life that what I do know.

Ignorance is not bliss. Rather, ignorance is blistering.

Maybe we ought to consider that sometimes the most destructive outcomes in our lives are the ones that we’ve created.