You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend.

When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.

I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame your parents, your circumstances, because you are NOT your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.

If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.

I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were.

Don't put a ceiling on yourself.