People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture.

I'm quite amused by the attempt to excuse not trying harder, by claiming that perfect is not possible; it may not be, but striving toward it as an ideal is! It is in the act of 'striving' that we demonstrate character, courage, and conscience.

Emotions have no I.Q.

Remember that feelings or emotions emanate from the more ancient, less evolved, lower part of the human brain, while thoughts are a product of our highly evolved, uniquely human, outer part of the brain.

Postponing happiness until "all your ducks are in order" means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn't what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.