Today, and everyday, take as your personal mantra: I am what I am and what I am is wonderful.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

By remembering how much we have to be grateful for we remind ourselves how beautifully God is already providing for our current needs.

If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don’t say no one warned you.

You can’t help who you are, but you can change who you want to be.

As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

I'm falling, but no matter how hard I hit the ground, I'll still smile.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

I didn't listen to executives.

I was not making enough time to take care of me.

i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay

I want to believe in the fairy tale.