You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

by Jen Sincero

Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky. –Hafiz*

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

It’s sort of like not being able to enjoy sitting on your front porch anymore because it totally reeks of something foul out there. You can come up with all these brilliant ways to deal with the problem—light incense, set up fans, blame it on the dog—but until you realize that something has crawled under your house and died, your problems will linger on, stinking up your life.