Work on what you support rather than fighting what you oppose.

With empathy you know in your heart that it's not a sign of weakness to attempt to understand that the people we call terrorists have placed the same label on us, and that the use of force will create a counter force, a never-ending saga of killing and hate. Ending war involves cultivating empathy in our policies and the love of God in our hearts. As the Native Americans reminded us: No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.

All excuses are nothing more than misalignments with God. Just imagine the great creative Source needing an excuse. It doesn't have any concept of, "I'm too busy. I'm too old. I'm too afraid. Things are going to take too long." Source doesn't work like that. The Tao does nothing, Lao-tzu writes, but it leaves nothing undone.

If you slip, it doesn't mean you're less valuable. It simply means that you have something to learn from slipping.

Name it... and if you can dream it... you can achieve it.

Quietly affirm that you will define your own reality from now on and that your definition will be based on your inner wisdom

A true barometer of intelligence is an effective, happy life lived each day and each present moment of the day.