Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.

Go ahead: Live with abandon. Be outrageous at any age. What are you saving your best self for?

You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.