Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. If we don't have that we never grow, we never learn, and sure as hell we should never teach.

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.