If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who "did all that stuff to you" were just as frightened and scared as you are.

I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.

If you don't eat right and you don't know how to take care of your body, you're not going to have the energy to do anything wonderful.

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have

I have learned over the years that the nicest thing I can do is to just say to myself, "Good Morning Darling, I love you; we're going to have a really great day today."

No matter whether your life is pleasant or good; whether you are having big challenges or no challenges, your state of your mind has everything to do with how you will relate to your experiences.

When our inner vision opens, our horizons expand.