Baggage is no excuse, we all have some. Instead we should learn to be cartographers; helping those we love to navigate the land-mines by being honest and up front with ourselves along the way.

I have come to appreciate and investigate my intense desire to be loved unconditionally for who I am. Maybe that is because I can not do it alone.

Surviving deaths of amazing people by remembering that this world is just a series of scientific random happenings. No karma, no fate, just actions and reactions.