To a certain degree, We all seek, life’s purpose and meaning, love, peace and joy, and knowledge, wealth and power…

All of material and All of any services can be purchased, with the exception of, Love, Peace and Joy, they are not for sale at any price

The future depends on what choices we make....

Hatred and disdain do harm to the donor not the intended recipient…The Strength in Knowing ----- by I. Alan Appt

When the intensity it takes to extricate one from a negative state is equal to or greater than the intensity that perpetuated the state, then the person can be freed of that state

Excerpt from "The Strength in Knowing"Doubt is the archenemy of the purity of thought and it inhibits theessence of all that is

We need dualities or opposites to appreciate, understandand recognize value and distinction in our lives. If we did not have bitter, we could not appreciate sweet....

Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe

In true love, one has no reservations.True love is unquestionable, indisputable and totally recognizable.

Sometimes the only way to gain someone's favor is to stop giving them yours.

Are you always so mistrusting?” he said, lifting a brow.“When my escort is a demon, yes.

She'd survived the outside. She'd survived the Aether and cannibals and wolves. She knew how to love now, and how to let go. Whatever came next, she would survive it, too

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

I firmly believe in music being as free as possible. Unlocked. Shared and spread. In order for artists to survive and create, their audiences need to step up and directly support them.

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

Every time I think that I've pierced through the simulation, every time I feel like I've written something authentic, it feels like I then sort of lose my footing with it.

Even with the sun beaming down on me I'm not sweating in my mind. I'm not sweating in my heart or in my career.

Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!