Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges.

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up. It's all a matter of - perspective.

Just stop it. Seriously. Whatever it is. Just stop it. If only for an hour, a day, a week. Stop doing it long enough to get a glimpse of what the change would actually look like.

I awakened. is that not a wonderful statement?

Yes! it takes courage to act upon your dreams.

In the quiet of this day may you know the greatness of your spirit and may your hopes fly on the wings of possibility.

It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search, but life lived to the edge of all that I may be.