The future is plump with promise.

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

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn from and teach to them. She needs someone who will stand up with her and encourage her to be a woman-not just a female. See where you are, admit what you know, and what you need, and search for a sister friend.

I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.