“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt   Today, the first rays of a new era touched the earth with the...

“Dream big... don’t let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous... keep that backbone...

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” — Carl...

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” — Samuel Smiles   I know that hope is...

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” — Beverly Sills   I have found that life’s most meaningful destinations require...

“It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot     Occasionally life throws some irritating circumstances at you...

“God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.”  Hans Kung   Today in meditation, a...

“The soul is stronger than its surroundings.” ~William James   As humans, we are often shaped by the environments we inhabit. Our...

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." — Helen Keller   I have thought a lot in the last...

“A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.” — Andy Andrews   This year came in differently for me. I...