Diamond Mike Watson > Quotes

“The life of an adoptee is like an ancient voyager who searches for the unknown. The stars guided their destiny. They had their sights on the wonders that lay ahead of them. An adoptee travels in the opposite direction.”
― Michael C. Watson, Adopted Like Me- Chosen to Search for a Birthmother

“You are a masterpiece. Your greatness, however, is no greater than the skilled motion of a hummingbird, the perfect spiral of a seashell, or the precise speed of our Earth's journey around our star. You cannot melt from the Sahara’s sun. You are the desert and everything in it.

You are the universe.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“The wrinkled pages of the Bible crackled as Mom leafed back to the beginning of Matthew. I had always felt I was conceived from the powers of the universe. Maybe I was chosen to fulfill a divine mission.”
― Michael C. Watson, Adopted Like Me- Chosen to Search for a Birthmother

“You are the master of your destiny. Make your bed. Have confidence in your abilities. Shake off your anxiety. Take the first step. Get freshened up. The world needs you today.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“When something “happens,” it is only relative to the observer. Feelings of love and reverence can be feelings of fear for another. Happiness to one may be anxiety for someone else. We create what “happens” from within ourselves.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“Living one’s priority is awesome, strange, and beautiful. We destine life to happen from our thoughts and dreams and actions.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“It’s not your job to teach me. It is my job to learn from you.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“As I walk upstairs, I am not conscious of the skills required to lift my left leg, then my right, and my left again, until I reach the top. I simply know that I will get there. I have already imagined it.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“The amazing thing about every day is you create it.”
― Diamond Mike Watson, Tales of Imagination: Everything is Real

“The universe is a giant mirror. It simply reflects how we perceive ourselves.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“As we wake each morning, that page of our life is blank. And although our past has already been written, we can write each succeeding page with whatever we desire.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“If we live only for a moment, we must enjoy that moment to the fullest by remembering those who have loved us and those we have loved.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“It is not your job to tell me you are sorry.
It is my job to forgive you.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“I was programmed by my adoptive mother, who instilled her love within me along with the belief that I could accomplish anything. Without her software, I could have been a criminal or a killer. With her software, I can be the leader of a solar system.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“Only when we know we are loved can we love ourselves.

When we love ourselves, it is easy to love others.

When we love others, our world becomes our beautiful home.”
― Diamond Mike Watson, Moon Over Mountains: The Search for Mom

“I love sushi as long as they cook it real good.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“To adoptees. Never be afraid of searching for the truth. The joy that may await you will far outweigh the burden of your long journey.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“When you see a beautiful star you are looking into the past. Because the star is so far away it takes million of years for the light of the star to reach your eye. When you see a star you’re not seeing what it looks like now. You’re looking at what it was millions of years ago.

You’re a time traveler.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“Be cautious of your words. We are responsible for the beauty or terror that we have the power to unleash.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“You will never go bankrupt from giving too much.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“The universe is a mirror. It is a reflection of yourself. You see what you want to see.”
― Diamond Mike Watson

“It’s not your job to make me happy. It is my job to reach for the happiness that is already within me.”
― Diamond Mike Watson