As you search for a person, place, or thing, be prepared to continue your quest, should the end result not yield your desired outcome. Enjoy the process and you’ll avoid disappointment…!

Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace….

Your mind is the canvas upon which you are the artist. What will you paint on your canvas today? Will you draw a stick figure or create a masterpiece...?

Gain strength through adversity…!

Why live for tomorrow, when you’re not even through living today! Focus on what you can accomplish now and create the tomorrow's you desire today….

If we're going to be smart, we can't be stupid…!

Painful experiences are like scars in our minds. Some have healed and been forgotten. Others are there as a reminder of what we have been through…

Music is the language of all. It tames the savage beast and allows us to get over heartbreak. It helps us express what we really want to say and it has the power to lift hearts and awaken our souls….

Falling in love is easy. Fools fall in love all the time. Staying in love is the test of time and the gift you give to one another daily….

The older I get the more I enjoy my childhood…! ~James A. Murphy

Some will and some won't, some do and some don't. If you won't and you don't, then you have no one else to blame. If you will and you do, the world will beat a path to your doorstep…

Herodotus says, "Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects.

I trusted you with my scarsBut now I'm bleedingSaid I was your moon and you were the starsYou're so deceivingI trusted you with my scarsBut now I'm bleedingThe wound is deep Blood is seeping

Some people think that they know our struggles, challenges and obstacles, but the truth is that they don't know half of them. This is why we should never allow others to define our lives for us.

Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure Marry'd in hast we may repent at leisure.

I think I'm going to be around awhile.

You got a problem?" "Aside from the fact that we are about to die? No. But I want to say thank you before it is too late.

I don't mind people not liking me as long as there's mutual respect.

I don't think that anyone can age in a conscious way and not experience grief.

My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.

I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.