As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes."

What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.

At the end of a matter ask, "What will I learn from this to make me better?"

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of this in my daily habits. When I set my keys in the place I, with practice, always set my keys... I do not lose them. In many instances an ordered external structure can be an invitation for an extraordinarily unfettered, creative and unbounded inner structure.

One unlikelihood entertained leads a parade of innovation.