“Live in each season as it passes; breath the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to influences of each.” Henry David Thoreau

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”  Samuel Lover

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” Henri Nouwen

Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail

To be happy, you need to consider feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth. One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself. The days are long, but the [...]

I promise to be kind to myself, especially through my thoughts and actions. I am a good person, worthy of respect. I promise to silence my inner critic whose negative energy always seems to drag me down. That critic will no longer have power over me. I promise to find a source of comfort other [...]

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” Jean Shinoda Bolen

“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides.  And when it subsides you have to make a decision.  You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.  Because this is what love is.  Love is not breathlessness, it is [...]

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life:  it goes on.” Robert Frost.

“I am a woman in process.  I’m just trying like everybody else.  I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it.  Life is never dull.” Oprah Winfrey