... And when the time comes to choose yet another dream, I shall smile knowing that I had a life with no less challenges than others, but I chose to respond to them with love.

The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too!

When your sense of self and happiness comes from within and isn't a roller coaster ride dependent on others or circumstances, you approach life differently. You make better choices. You draw to you the people and situations that matter. The others, they fall away.

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.

We sat on the dusty floor like that for what felt like hours, our legs intertwined in the kneeling position. Like the demon and the angel reaching for one another on Jet__ arm, I felt half of everything. Half pure, half used. Locked in a dark, beautiful embrace. One I wouldn__ wish on anyone yet one I wouldn__ ever reverse if given the chance.Not when it had the power to save a life. - Skylla Warden