When your commitment is to be loving regardless of the circumstances, there is no room for harsh words. You assert yourself not from a desire to control but from a desire to stand for who you are.

Yet if we are to live fully, we must love as though we've never been hurt, dream as though our hopes have never been dashed, and take steps toward the future as though life has never given us pain.

Be loving and the love in your life will increase.

Each moment is a moment of choice and your commitments keep you true to yourself, choice by choice.

Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance.

Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.

Listen to others as if they are telling you the truth, ask questions when you aren't clear, and allow others the room to have different feelings than you. No more assigning hidden motives, prejudging and cutting people off before separating fact from fiction.