If we are to flourish as creative beings, if we are to grow into wholeness, we must bloom wherever we are planted.

writing is the most personal form of prayer.

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday.

Begin today. Declare out loud to the universe that you are willing to let go of struggle and eager to learn through joy.

We think that it's the big moments that define our lives-the wedding, the baby, the new house, the dream job. But really, these big moments of happiness are just the punctuation marks of our personal sagas. The narrative is written every day in the small, the simple, and the common. In your tiny choices, in these tiny changes. In the unconsidered. The overlooked. The discarded. The reclaimed.

...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the highest art.

Because the truth is - and we know it - we were born to die without regrets. Regret is the only wound from which the soul never recovers.