Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah

In heaven, there is no judgment, but rather an opportunity to examine our lives-who we touched, the choices we made, and the consequences of those choices.

You were one person, and you changed the world.

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves. Forgive, Edward. Forgive...no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to feel it.' She touched his hand. 'You need to forgive your father.' ~pgs 141-142

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.