What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

...there is more good in contentment, than there is in the thing that you would fain have to cure your discontent...

Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all...

I lived in Miami for a while in a section with a lot of really old people. The average age in my apartment house was dead.

I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?

"Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"

I was at the Wal-Mart, which is where I think everybody goes eventually. If they die without Christ.

Don't focus on the negative things that can happen, just think about the positive things.

A non-analogue image has an extremely compressed life. It starts as this and, in increasingly short time spans, becomes that.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.