41 Things I Believe at 41

1. There are no expiration dates on our dreams. All the joy is in revision.

2. Curiosity is more joyful than certainty. It makes long-haul relationships, community, & political peace possible.

3. Curiosity is the fountain of youth.

4. Radical hospitality

5. Boundaries that honor the dreams I’m creating

6. The body is holy. Our greatest ally. Diving rod.

7. Breath and sweat are doorways to the heart.

8. Movement is medicine.

9. What we practice we become.

10. More water and more sleep is probably the answer.

11. Big hair

12. Big ideas

13. Muddy trails

14. The underdog

15. Quiet music played loud

16. Rock n roll

17. Redemption

18. Two wheels

19. Sweat family

20. Eternal studentship

21. Trailblazing

22. Dangerous old women

23. Voice memos as daily valentines to my people

24. Feasting well

25. Spirit’s in on it.

26. God walks with us on the road away from God.

27. Tradition is more of a river than a monument. It evolves.

28. Legacy is how we inherit our ancestors’ best dreams, and riff on them, boldly expand them.

29. Our work is to become w e i g h t y

30. The most significant thing we share with others is our own inner state. Cultivate a quality of breath. Cultivate a quality of presence.

31. Juciest question: how can I be of service?

32. And: what does this make possible? What does this—resistance, disappointment, loss, swerve—make possible?

33. Hustle is flashy. Flow is satisfying.

34. The joy metric: success measured by joy and wonder.

35. We’re all just walking each other home.

36. We are not our circumstances. We are our possibilities.

37. Beauty will save the world.

38. Scars over botox.

39. Keep the edges wild.

40. Altering, and altaring

41. We’re just getting started.

In case you’re ever bamboozled by the commodification of youth, I wrote you a love letter.

Cheers to dangerous old women,

XO,

Nicole