Katy Mcdonnel > Katy's Quotes

“I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.”
― Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself

“perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.”
― hugh prather

“Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.”
― Hugh Prather

“We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.”
― Hugh Prather, Notes on Love and Courage