“I’m not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, ‘For the same reason I laugh so often – because I’m paying attention.’ I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”

“I’m not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, ‘For the same reason I laugh so often – because I’m paying attention.’ I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”

— Glennon Doyle Melton