My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
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In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them thinking that we were dead, we reunited... in the most dramatic, American way possible. Live, on television.
Tags: way, live, thinking, family
Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction.
Tags: enough, will, never, words
If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.
Tags: person, down, doing, believe
The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative.
Tags: want, sometimes, language, suffering
When you're in survival mode, you numb yourself.
Tags: mode, survival, yourself, you
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