We ardently desire to take down our masks and say to the world, “This is who I am…and I am okay.” This is simple…not easy.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

The breeze across the desert as the light died was so sweet she could almost drink it.

I'll walk through the fireWith my head lifted highAnd my spirit revivedIn Your story

Today can only be as good as you interpret it to be.

I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle.

When we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who has given existence to that object.

I have successfully avoided being stereotyped into a specific category. I've worked very hard at that, and I'm proud of not being easily lumped into anybody's preconceived notions or expectations.

Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God Himself.

To me, it's very exhilarating when somebody else does a great thing, and it's not me.

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

I have a very strong passion to sing and paint. I'm really a student.