Having kids is not the same as being a parent.

We place artificial demands on ourselves that undermine our happiness. These demands force us to work harder and harder to cross a finish line that keeps moving.

Achieving success is hard staying successful is even harder.

It’s better to bite your tongue than to eat your words.

There’s more to life than increasing its speed.

People stop trying when there’s no benefit for being exceptional and no consequence for being mediocre.

Keeping score, in friendships, is a losing game.

It’s your life to live. Own it! You have to live with yourself for the rest of your life.

What counts that we’re not counting?

You send a message by what you say and what you do. If words aren’t supported with consistent actions, they will ring hollow.

Many people are actually poor because the only thing they have is money.

It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?

Life is fun with my husband.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

It is hard for a flat thing to understand a round one.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

I've played so many moms, best friends, sisters and understanding people.

No, I won't abandon hate. If I did, then nothing would be left of me.