Leo Tolstoy: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

You ruin your life by desensitizing yourself. We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us. Caring is not synonymous with crazy. Expressing to someone how special they are to you will make you vulnerable. There is no denying that. However, that is nothing to be ashamed of. There is something breathtakingly beautiful in the moments of smaller magic that occur when you strip down and are honest with those who are important to you. Let that girl know that she inspires you. Tell your mother you love her in front of your friends. Express, express, express. Open yourself up, do not harden yourself to the world, and be bold in who, and how you love.

Go up to your friends and family tonight, give them a hug and tell them that you love them. You never know when it could be your last chance.

When my daughter says, "Daddy I need you!" I wonder if she has any idea that I need her a billion times more.