If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You'll end up doing what everyone else is doing.

If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.

Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Listening can heal wounds.

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.

My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.