Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy.

Whatever outrageous dream keeps flowing across your mind, allow it to live inside you. Don't deflect it, diminish it, invalidate it or come up with some excuse for why it can't happen. This will allow it to explain itself to you - why it's there, what it means, and what if anything you should do about it.

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.

I believe the human race is ready to make a quantum leap forward spiritually and morally.

My hope is that I'm getting better and wiser. With every book, I have more of myself to pour onto the page.

I believe we are shown the path that is right as soon as we ask for it. Then we must live in the world and in some way express what we have learned.

Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are.