Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings, mainly for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. In short, it's modern day slavery.

Once we reach our goal, we immediately feel compelled to set a higher goal. We're left in a vacuum of unfulfillment.

When anxiety drives our decisions, we cannot grow spiritually, emotionally, or mentally. When we open up our hearts and give to others, we give ourselves room to grow and thrive!

Maybe getting more isn't the answer to life. Maybe it's giving.

If ever there was a proverbial truth, it's the more you give, the more you get. Give and start experiencing a life of fulfillment!

I beseech you to open your hearts and give back! Give your time/services/money/support/encouragement/love! Give whatever you can!

Giving opens up avenues for abundance.

In fact, there are more slaves in the world today than at any other point in human history, with an estimated 27 million in bondage across the globe.

Still, pain hurts. And most of us find it difficult, to say the least, to find gratitude in our hearts for the worst things in life.

Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be.

Lucien, women are wondrous, mysterious, and magical creatures, who should be treated not only with respect but with reverence, perhaps even awe. Now go sweep the steps.

A New York plate that said you die. (Dark City Lights)

I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.

The more I live, the more I think, two people together is a miracle.

We can't really make a living doing comic books, despite the fact that would be an awfully fun way to make a living.

The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness.

A toast to the weapons of war, may they rust in peace.

(I'm) much more ... standoffish and hot headed, more intense (than Rashad). Not so dead set on doing the right thing more so than the right now thing; at that age anyway.