From where you sit, it may seem that certain people should know better. People are who they are and do what they do whether or not you like it or agree with them. We each have different lessons to learn. We each take a different path to our lessons.

Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear of sadness, while only one toxin exists in a tear of joy. As you cry in sadness, fear, or confusion, you cleanse the body and spirit of toxins which cloud the mind and prevent it from accepting the truth.

Their issues are not your issues.

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

Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.

Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours.

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.