When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.

Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.

The revelation that we have everything we need in life to make us happy but simply lack the conscious awareness to appreciate it can be as refreshing as lemonade on a hot afternoon. Or it can be as startling as cold water being thrown in our face. How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we’re really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

Little changes and little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life.

Those who live passionately teach us how to love. Those who love passionately teach us how to live.

Today is not the day you quit. Nor is it the day you cry. Today you know that you have all the passion and wisdom to find that quiet center of solace, serenity and strength necessary to create and sustain an authentic life.

There might be a few things in a woman's life that a romantic interlude won't cure, but I don't know any of them.