I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.

Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Today I will refuse to jump into the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own problems, including the ideas and feelings they want to communicate to each other.

It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.