Alexandra Stoddard

We choose how enthusiastically we live our time alive.

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.

If we could make our house a home, and then make it a sanctuary, I think we could truly find paradise on Earth.

Don't feel you have to buy something to sit in or at. Buy something you are emotionally attached to and build your design around that. One Matisse cutout poster could provide you with your whole color scheme!

Being a mother and grandmother is the best of the best in my life. My grandchildren multiply the joy my daughters bring me.

My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.

The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.

As we try to envisage what the world will be like for our grandchildren and imagine who will inherit the good and bad we leave behind, we pause to think of those who have shaped our attitudes. We pay homage to those spirits who have expanded our potential for understanding the unique circumstances of our lives and who have given us hope and courage to be strong and live bravely. We will always be fascinated by the thoughts of others, and by the way they have expressed their truths and insights, because they are the real teachers. They have shared with us the truth as they have experienced it.

I want to fill my mind with life-enhancing, positive, beautiful memories. The dark experiences can remain buried without a funeral.