May there be an abundance of kindness, hope, patience, light and joy in your life.

ON LIVING LIFE WISELY - To make the right choices, you have to be at peace with yourself.

Sometimes, all you need is someone who will listen. It is fortune enough to have people around who hear you & not judge you.

LIFE’S SOFT EDGES‘Tis a truth I will confess that we ofttimes find soft edges –to such a degree, our livesare well manifestof people’s kindliness.

Every person is an entrance to another world.

HIDEAWAYPreserve thatsecret, homey spotin your heart, as sanctuary where dreams may be softly tended, and revived.

Come discover how astonishingit is to unravel your own blossoming.

The world is abounding with beauty. You are a demonstration of this.

Smart means having intellectual humility rather than high cognitive ability.

INDIVIDUALITYI will never cease to talk in riddles, I will never try to feel different.I may be unusual for them, but that’s alright with me.

MORNINGTIDEThe wonderful works of morningtidebring the sight of luminous whiteness, a breathing whimsyamong wind-tossed sprigs of green.

You know how to shoot?"- Emma"Yes. My dad taught me everything about gun safety. He was an expert." - Heather"What happened to him?" -Shanna"He was...shot." -Heather

Authenticity was the key to any deception. Sometimes authenticity was disgusting.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

Do not expect human beings to reward you, don't even think about it, just LOVE, because you know at the end of the day it will be God who will give you the reward.

You must see that if two things are alike, then it is a further question whether the first is copied from the second, or the second from the first, or both from a third.

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve.

Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.

I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.

Making no decision is a decision. To do nothing. And doing nothing always brings you to nowhere.

Maybe it's because it's connected to my childhood, or it's connected to the origins of what drove me creatively, but I feel like my life never makes more sense than when I'm in that process.