Our kingdom is our life, and our life is our kingdom. We are all meant to rule from a glorious place. When God is on the throne, then so are we. When God is in exile, our lands are at war and our kingdoms are in chaos.

Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.

I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.

A failure remains a failure only if we refuse to learn from it. Any situation that teaches us greater humility, sobriety, wisdom about self and others, responsibility, forgiveness, depth of reflection, and better decision making -\-\teaching us what's truly important-\-\is not an ultimate failure. Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.

The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.

I have lived enough to know great things will unfold for me externally only if I allow them to unfold for me internally.

When a woman falls in love with the magnificent possibilities within herself, the forces that would limit those possibilities hold less and less sway over her.