Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

Nothing quells anxiety like action!

Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.

Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds and angry people whenever I could. It's sound advice.

I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself.

Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive.

I read myself out of poverty, long before I worked myself out of poverty.