Unbridled Joy

“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain … To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ~ Kevyn Aucoin “Find a placeContinue reading “Unbridled Joy”

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

“Life is a series of experiences each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” ~ Henry Ford “We all get whereContinue reading “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back”

Blessings of the Generation Gap

“We are what they grow beyond.” ~ Yoda in Star Wars: The Last Jedi “The young man pities his elder, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger generation, well-knowing the trials and tribulations that lie ahead of them.” ~ Lydia I Fisher “America isn’t breaking apart atContinue reading “Blessings of the Generation Gap”

My Words for the Year

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “I want all the girls watching here today to know that a new day is on the horizon.” ~ Oprah Winfrey “… other than a few useful details, the past is mostlyContinue reading “My Words for the Year”

Rigid or Pliant

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” ~ Robin Williams “They say best men moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much moreContinue reading “Rigid or Pliant”