How Y'all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

by Leslie Jordan

think that fear keeps so many of us from being successful at things outside our realm of experience. We love to stay in our comfort zone, but the growth only comes when we wander outside of that zone.

true happiness can only come from being “of loving service to others.”

I think our dreams are what sustain us in hard times. Dreams are what keep us childlike. I love that they can grow and expand as we grow and expand.

I am fearless when it comes to my reading.

“If a bear is chasing you in the woods, baby, that’s a real fear. That bear might eat you. But most of our fears are just imagined.”

But that night, tragedy struck. Down in Orlando, Florida, an armed man walked into a gay nightclub called the Pulse and opened fire. Forty-nine people were killed and fifty-three were wounded. Among those dead was the young man who opened fire. We all woke to the disastrous news.

Why is it that we love to drag all that baggage from childhood with us? We heave it dutifully. We haul it everywhere we go. And we pull it out at the drop of a hat for all to see. Nope, we are not going to let go of all that baggage.

The thing about shame is that it is so selective. I knew my dad loved me. He showed it daily in a million different ways. So why remember failures?