“I learned . . . that one can never go back, that one should not ever try to go back – that the essence of life is going forward.  Life is really a One Way Street.” Agatha Christie

“We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it’s gone – its value is incontestable” Joyce Carol Oates

“If you try too carefully to plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options, closing off avenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined.” Harlan Cleveland.

“Never regret.  If it’s good, it’s wonderful.  If it’s bad, it’s experience.” Victoria Holt.

“One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see the divine, the celestial, the pure in the common, the near at hand–to see that heaven lies about us here in this world.” John Burroughs (1837-1921) Naturalist

“I endeavor . . . to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there is no redress.” Elizabeth Montagu; Writer, Editor,Publisher, and Psychologist. 

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and [...]

“Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” Rita Mae Brown

“We learn simply by the exposure of living.  Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual.  The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.” David P Gardner, Educator

“Plan your years to be purposeful.  Plan to change.  Plan to grow.  Planning is the only way to keep yourself on track.  And when you know where you are going, the universe will clear the way.” Iyanla Vanzant, Author & Inspirational Speaker