Everything in life is a blessing, however, sometimes we have to work through a lesson or challenge to earn it.

Have the courage to rise from the challenges of life like a phoenix from the flames or you'll get lost in the ashes of despair, pain, and regret.

Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts

Life is not a race....Everyone can win, so stop going around in circles.

If you have to chase, beg, or plot for love....It will run away at the next "best" offer.

My get-up-and-go often leaves without me.

Just when you think you know.....you don't know.

Look for the why behind your feelings of hurt and pain because they signal where we should make some changes.

Where our thoughts dwell, so becomes our reality. Choose wisely!

Meditation is about mindfulness and learning to strip away the illusion, revealing your authentic self and connectedness to everything and everyone.

Sure, I've had times it was hard to meditate....But even then I still end up being more calmly agitated.

Strengthen your heart muscles by removing the sufferings of others.

We do not see the world through a window, but through a mirror. Everything we discern is comparatively held to the vision with which we see ourselves.

I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.

Every act of perception has an emotional coloring.

Effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from a number associated with a terrorist organization instead of three.

When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready.

Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.

I'm an optimist at heart.

Lend your friend $20. If he doesn't pay you back then he's not your friend. Money well spent.

Multiply your age times your realized pretax annual household income from all sources except inheritances. Divide by ten. This, less any inherited wealth, is what your net worth should be.