Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.

Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty.

Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87

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

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

Today I will surrender to discipline. I realize that sometimes it takes time to see the fruits of my labors, yet I still need to practice discipline. Help me to remember, God, that I'm moving forward, and that I'm learning the very important art of discipline.

Perspective will come in retrospect.