We don't treat Jesus like a puppy, soaking in his excitement over our coming home and then leading him back to stay in the laundry room when we go out to begin another day.

We can make our own plans and judge them by our narrow expectations, or we can experience life as the boundless reality of the One who created it.

What if we saw differences in cultures, in moral choices, and in belief as reasons to engage people instead of excuses to disengage and quickly exit?

Compassion doesn't arise from the belief that the evil in the world is somebody else's fault or that it is a result of poor choices a suffering person has made.

If we allow our American mindset of consumption to spill into our understanding of what a Christian is, we are in danger of living irrespective of world family.

We must make decisions as if they affect those we've not even met because we realize they do. We must live respective of world family.

I thought about how often this was needed in everyday life. How we feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don't let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry.

When you become confident of what you deserve, dont allow yourself to settle for less. The power lies in YOU because no one else can be YOU." DREAM, WORK AND ACHIEVE !!!

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

I didn't want to be perceived as a girly girl on stage.

A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.

If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it.

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

My favourite city for nightlife is Toronto, as it has such a multicultural feel, with so many different restaurants and theatres.

In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.

There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.