I learned how not to be alone in the playground.
Being honest about being bullied in school and my bipolar was not so much of a 'do I or don't I?'; it was waiting for the right time. Even before I knew what making a mark on the world meant, I knew I wanted to make a difference.
It's important to find your tribe.
If you are at a hard place in life, hesitant to ask for help, God invites you to ask Him so He can meet your need.
If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I've done, even if it's just igniting a spark, that's great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.
Some people, they get down in a hole so deep they can't figure out what to hold on to.
Everybody has to go through a struggle period, and I was no different. When I came to Mumbai from Delhi, I didn't know anybody, and all my relationships had to be built up from scratch, including my work relationships.
I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
Inside each of us is a unique person resulting from millennia of environment and heredity combined in a way that could never happen again and could never have happened before. We aren't blank slates, but we are also communal creatures who are born before our brains are fully developed, so we're very sensitive to our environment. The question is: How to find the support and the circumstances that allow you to express what's inside you?
Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren't. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening.
I think it's such a courageous thing to look around and say, 'If I don't get to be one of the lucky ones who are born with a family, how do I put that in my life?'
When you have adversity and you have pain, you never feel more alone than you do at that moment. And you can be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people.
I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and there is definitely life after multiple sclerosis.
I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.
Get clear on what you want. Then find the people to support you to get it.
I'm not living in the shadows anymore. I want to walk in the sun. But I can't do that without you.
