Not like I need an excuse to enjoy a Moscow mule, but this tray and six-mug set, handmade in Mexico with hammered recycled copper, makes cocktail hour extra special.

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.

People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.

I live in the space where God is. There is no question that that is why I am where I am, and why I have had the success that I've had, is because I allow myself to be guided by that which is greater than myself - than my personality.

I'm definitely not a traditionalist, because a traditionalist would be going to church every Sunday.

Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.