When I think about my father, the first image that comes to mind is holding his hand as he drove me to the train station six weeks before he died; I had never noticed how beautiful his hands were until I saw them, for the first and last time, entwined in mine.

We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.

Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls.

Fortunately for us, life's highway has as many on ramps as it does off ramps.

Start moving, a step at a time, step after step. The positive momentum will take you from there.

Your life at this exact moment is a direct result of choices you made once upon a time. Thirty minutes or 30 year ago.

You develop patience that enables you to wait gracefully and gratefully until the best arrives because you know it will.