I'm always loading my brain with new ways of looking at something.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

Once upon a time there was a young lady who lived in a marsh, and her name was Poison.

Apparently it was unethical for lawyers to sleep with their clients. This from a man who offered legal representation to assassins.

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

The ability to communicate is critical- clearly, frankly, and often.

When I was young, my mother would not let me get my ears pierced because I used to get into too many fights.

An absolute joy to read - it stimulates and engages. Westney is asking new questions not addressed elsewhere . . . and you will be drawn in by the author's inviting, yet quietly compelling style.

Often much of my work is very optimistic, or solution-based. I have always believed that art is a tool for transformation, and something that should give people some kind of agency.

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.