The tragedy is not so much the experience that you're having. The tragedy is that we don't take the time to understand the meaning and purpose behind what we're going through.

Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use.

You have to CHANGE the way you THINK in order to CHANGE the way you FEEL

It was part of the reason I almost didn't go public with my diagnosis - I was embarrassed. I felt, 'Oh, I've always talked about exercising. And I got cancer.' And then I realized it's a great example of showing that cancer can hit anyone at any time.

Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us-but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning.

There are those of us who believe out of that faith tradition that God never puts more on us than we can bear, and yet there are times, I think, particularly given what you were up against, that we have to question whether or not we have the capacity, the ability, the wherewithal, to actually endure it.

Dreams are vague and far away. Goals are tangible and achievable.