Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.

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.

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?