We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

Now think deeply. What have you done with your life over the past year? How do you feel inside?

If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You'll end up doing what everyone else is doing.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.