...the measure of life is revealed in the quality of our relationships: with God, our families, our fellow men." - A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.

Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.

Humanity is always looking for the next great world, the next frontier. I wonder how different this world would be if we were content with where we were.

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.