We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself blind. Trust the excitement that builds within you when the idea is good and the writing is superb. You can do it, but that's the hell of it as well as the exultation of it. You have to do it.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

I don't think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.