We are all, right now, living the life we choose.

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.

To change rules that are already in place takes time, energy, perseverance and a lot of hard work. You only have so many of these assets at your disposal, so choose with care the rules you want to change.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

Pain (any pain-emotional, physical, mental) has a message. Once we get the pains message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.