I was so happy that my mother, father, and two brothers had somehow found one another. Perhaps my mother and father have gotten back together, I thought.

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.

Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more

The branches of the trees looked as if they were holding hands and bowing their heads in prayer.

Sometimes I closed my eyes hard to avoid thinking, but the eye of the mind refused to be closed and continued to plague me with images.

Children played guessing games, telling each other whether the gun fired was and AK-47, a G3, an RPG, or a machine gun.

Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.

Money isn’t everything.’‘The only people who say that are people who have enough money to pay the rent.

Your mind is greater than your problems, your heart is greater than your troubles, your soul is greater than your temptations, and your God is greater than your obstacles.

‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

We no longer believe in fairy tales. But we will learn to believe in monsters

When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours.

Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.

Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path.