For some reason,we keep forgetting some of our experience. We look back but don't bring the value forward. We bring the anger, the upset. We bring the fear.

The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life

When you find yourself in a new situation, everything that requires healing is going to rush to the surface.

The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.

Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and burdened or you can choose to be free. It's a choice. Forgiveness is a state of being. So once you do it, it alters who you are and the way you can be in the world.

After being on 'Oprah' for a couple of months, I got my first royalty check for $1,478,392.17. I will never forget it. At the height of my career, I made $3.3 million. Unbelievable. From welfare in the projects to $3.3 million.

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.