Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Be open to your feelings and experience them while they are here. Then be open to the feelings that will come next. Your feelings are a part of your experience. Yet no mere feeling, however intense it may seem, is your permanent reality.

Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.

Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. [at least it will feel like it!]

The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.

When you can clearly see yourself being there, you can see much more clearly how to get there. You can imagine the path to your dreams, and then start to actually walk it. Play an active role in your own future. Imagine with passion and detail how you'd most like it to be.