Grief is a matter of the heart and soul. Grieve your loss, allow it in, and spend time with it. Suffering is the optional part. Remember that you come into this world in the middle of the movie, and you leave in the middle; and so do the people you love. Love never dies, and spirit knows no loss.

I have come to this planet to learn to love myself more, and to share that love with all those around me.

I choose to see my life moving in different directions, all of them equally good. Some things are even better now than the way they were in my youth.

Every thought and every word you speak is an affirmation. So why not choose to use only positive affirmations to create an exceptional life? I know you can do it!

If people wake up and go, "Oh, where's the coffee," or "Oh, another day," that does not set a good tone for the day.

Love is contagious. When I share love, it comes back to me multiplied. Love opens every door.

They will often tell me they can't love themselves because they are so fat, or as one girl put it, 'too round at the edges.' I explain that they are fat because they don't love themselves. When we begin to love and approve of ourselves, it's amazing how weight just disappears from our bodies.