Hayden Yates

Austin, Texas

Professor

"My aim is to find the best in myself and others. We have the tremendous potential to do such incredible things as human beings. We are a beautiful creature, and by the same token, we are not so beautiful. It is in our nature to nurture and save a life as it is to commit unspeakable things, and I say, we must accept that in ourselves. Today, we seem to be mostly focused and preoccupied with destruction and death, and all that which we view as dark in our nature. I don't know exactly why that is, but my guess would be that it's easier to criticize oneself and others due to the way we mostly view ourselves. It does take some work to love oneself! To wake up in the morning and tell ourselves th