When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.

Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.

Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.

You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love or the peaceful satisfaction of being loved if you hide from hurt.

To me, freedom means having the power, the inherent right, the capacity and the ability to make choices that honour who I am.

Acceptance means that you know, regardless of what happened, that there is something bigger than you at work. It also means you know that you are okay and that you will continue to be okay.

We must each learn to feel comfortable in our own uniqueness by rising above the fear of being wrong and the aversion to being different.