We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what we did. It's okay to have problems. It's okay to talk about problems-at appropriate times, and with safe people. It's okay to solve problems. And we're okay, even when we have, or someone we love has a problem. We don't have to forfeit our personal power or our self-esteem. We have solved exactly the problems we've needed to solve to become who we are.

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

Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.

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

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment

You don't have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and you live from your heart, destiny and your highest-good path will unfold naturally at your feet.

When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.