In general, if a couple cannot expand their original rules and boundaries to accommodate personal growth, the relationship disintegrates.

Healing requires taking action-it is not a passive event.

Facing personal truths and purging yourself of addictions or manipulative habits require strength, courage, humility, faith, and other qualities of a soul with stamina, because you are not just changing yourself; you are changing your universe. Your soul is a compass. Change one coordinate in your spiritual compass and you change your entire life's direction.

I don't want to ever, ever give that kind of pain to one living mortal. And I will not give that thought power in my life. That's my practice.

None of us needs instruction in how to recognize what your heart is saying. We do need guidance, however, on how to have the courage to follow those feelings, since they will force us to change our lives in any case. But consider the consequences of not listening to the heart's guidance: depression, confusion, and the wretched feeling that we are not on our life's true path, but viewing it from a distance.

Silence is a learned practice that requires far more than just not talking. Not talking is not silence; it's just not talking.

When your life begins to harm you, know that you have taken a detour from your true path.