Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?

One way of celebrating the Solstice is to consider it a sacred time of reflection, release, restoration, and renewal.

We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses.

...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.

Never forget that all you have is all you need.

Procrastination has robbed us of too many opportunities.

Let us each grasp a new idea this year. Let us grasp the awareness of what it is that makes us truly happy. Let us consider our personal preferences and learn how to recognize, then embrace, moments of happiness that are uniquely our own.