Anger simply means that your personal power - your personal space, your personal sense of being - has been violated

We make our days pleasant or miserable. If we insist on being miserable, irritable and nasty, more than likely the day will give us exactly what we give it. A day is too valuable to waste on misery and unhappiness.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

There is nothing you need to do to make yourself more acceptable to God. You don't have to work harder, nor do you need to change the kind of work you do. You don't have to give more money to charitable organizations. The reality is, God doesn't want you to give anyone anything if you only do it to impress God! God does not love you or find you acceptable because of anything that you do. God loves you and accepts you because you are a part of God.

Learning to trust yourself and what you know takes time and work. You cannot expect to eradicate a lifetime of misguided information overnight. You must make a continuous, conscious effort to get on good terms with you.

When two broken people bring their broken pieces together, chances are they will never become a whole anything.

One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.