inspiration

Perhaps a seemingly dull, boring person is not a person who lacks personality, but rather a person with so much personality most other things bore them.

I firmly believe that life is made up of moments. Some are significant, and some are disposable. Some sit at the edge of your awareness and taunt you when you're trying to sleep, and others fade into the background noise of life. But every moment, no matter how small, has the potential to create or destroy you.

I realized I could only play-act at the spiritual life as long as my appetites were stronger than my empathy.

It took until the end of her life for me to cherish each day with my mother the way I naturally did with my brother. At the end, I loved my mother simply, without request to do better in any way, or be more capable in any way. I simply loved that she was there, and she was my mother. I wish I did that more often in my life. I will do that more often in my life for those who are still here.

There are miracles and glory in every child. Our glory lies in empowering them to flourish their glory.

When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask yourself is it your mindset, perspective, expectations, effort, approach, acceptance, company or a blend of these that needs to change.

Although sometimes the road to success follows a path less-travelled, a path less-travelled often leads to nowhere

A good life is doing what you love as much as you can and doing what you must as much as you should

The 7 Steps to Transformation:1. Dream it.2. Envision it.3. Think it.4. Grow it.5. Become it.6. Live it.7. OWN it.

Sometimes you get caught up in someone's energy. The energy surrounds you and restricts you, but your own energy is more stronger. You fight a long battle but your energy wins at the end and the other person's energy dissipates into tiny particles that you brush from your mind. You are finally free.

Art is an imagination, crafted over innocent dreams and vibrant integrity.

Eternity is not just looking to the future and our place with God in Heaven, but it is looking at our Eternity as if it were only moments away.

Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are enough.

Desperation is a great giver of clarity: Bartimaeus needed no time to decide what to do next. __esus! Son of David!_ he shouted. __ave mercy on me!_ (Mark 10:47). The crowd turned to him in disgust. __hut your mouth, son of filth!_ But Bartimaeus knew what it meant to be despised. He also knew that the chance of a lifetime was literally passing him by, so he called to the Savior all the louder. (From: Bartimaeus)

Our freedom through Christ means we are all free to love one another and to serve one another.

You don__ need a Master__ in Theology to love people.

The luxury of relaxation ... is part of the healing process.

If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it.