Am I a storm-waster? For it is within the fury of the very storms within which I cower that I find resources for my growth that are entirely absent on calmer days.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.

It would be wise to define ‘living’ as walking in the fullest expression of who I am, verses wallowing in the confines of who I’m not.

To ‘live’ is to realize that without the journey the destination is nothing more than a task rigorously completed rather than an experience riotously lived.

With God, a mountain is only a road waiting to happen.

Eons ago, the creative genius of God foresaw that it would take the shattered pieces of my ‘yesterday’ to construct the sturdy portal to my ‘tomorrow.

We can hide a lot of stuff until God shows up, for when God shows up nothing is hidden, which includes both our embarrassment and His forgiveness.

Is safety the ‘dream’ that will kill all of my other ‘dreams?’ For the truth is, no ‘real’ dream is safe.

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave.

I can amass countless fortunes and yet stand with empty hands. I can seek God and have fortunes that fill countless hands.

The first time he saw her she reminded him of a distant memory of falling from a height.

Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers.

Every kid's dream is to play in the Champions League and to win it. To actually have achieved that was an amazing feeling.

Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.

I voice my opinions on social media and I have people threatening me with violence. It is troubling but I can fight back, which is good.

With empathy, I'm fully with them, not full of them — that's sympathy.

More are weakened than strengthened by their troubles.

There's a lot of power and responsibility that comes with owning who you are as a woman.

I think that we'd be very wise not to predict anything with Donald Trump.

There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.