TRACY MCMILLAN The lesson that took me the longest to learn is that I have to practice hard-core compassion for myself. Because I used to be very hard on myself. I thought I was supposed to know things before it was possible to know them. And the truth is that everything we’re doing, that’s our life’s work. My life’s work is to learn how to love better. My life’s work is to learn how to put light in places where it’s dark.