Teach your children that they need nothing exterior to themselves to be happy, no person, place or thing, and that true happiness is found within.

You can choose to be a person who has resulted simply from what has happened, or from what you've chosen to be and do about what has happened.

There is a light which cannot ever be extinguished. It is inside of you... It is you.

Life proceeds out of your intention. Your true intention is revealed by your actions, and your actions are determined by your true intention. As with everything in life (and life itself), it is a circle.

That which you condemn will condemn you, and that which you judge, you will one day become.

Obstacles are not opposing you, but merely and gently re-routing you. It is important not to view that which stands in your way as your 'enemy.' It can often be your best friend, sending you on a detour that takes you around what would have been your biggest stumbling block.

Beyond the Catholic exclusionary paradigm is a larger one which is the Christian one. Christians claim that if you don't believe in Christ, you can't get to heaven. Well that eliminates two thirds of the world's population!