The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

You are no greater than what you believe.

You can wreck your future running from your past.

Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.

As we forge deeper into this issue of forgiveness, we must be prepared to open up and discuss things that bother us before they escalate to a crisis level. We must examine our struggles with forgiveness in which there are not overt offenses or blatant betrayals. I'm convinced that seeds of resentment take root in the silent frustrations that never get discussed. Other people cannot read our minds--or our palms!--and that is why we have tongues to speak.

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.