Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.

It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage.

I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do.

Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.

Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Love yourself just as you are.