Recently God asked me the same question in a new way, "And if I don't allow you to heal, if I never remove the pain, will you still trust Me?

And that afternoon, as the sun slanted low through the changing autumn leaves, I remembered to savor the moment, soak in the beauty, breathe deeply and feel the immensity of God.

Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and sometimes takes far longer than we every imagined.

Could our plodding, our daily persevering through a life we didn't expect, don't want and didn't choose, actually bring blessing?

Try to think like a human, ’ said Gant, lolling in one of the club chairs.‘Why should I restrict myself so severely?

By worrying about the future, We will convolute our present lives.

I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that?

If I were German and I had a vote, I might support Angela Merkel.

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.

Everything I have done, every change I have made to that circus, every impossible feat and astounding sight, I have done for her.

The idea of retiring is like killing yourself. It's almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to a 100 and go down in history.

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

I'm leaning towards making something for kids nine and under because I have kids now. I can clean it up and make it rated G.

In this town [L.A], I guess it takes homosexuals to be discriminated against in order for someone to finally step UP and wanna do something.