I do not know the answers to life’s hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that’s sufficient…for now.
Every human being has divinity encased within its spirit and it is the task of its creator as well as itself to set it free. No human being is an end product, every being still breathing is a creation still under creation.
You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.
We are in God’s hands. We can’t come up with a surprise big enough or a sin vile enough to thwart His plan. If we allow Him to refine us we will inevitably end up free from the impurities that separate us from Him.
Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.
Some of the most memorable paths I’ve taken have been detours.
It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone.
Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.
Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.
The world is yours the moment you follow your own dreams.
Dreams grow bigger and bolder every time you nourish them.
Scrub your brain of any thoughts that don’t serve you, and to fill your mind with fresh, clean thinking that instills confidence, commitment, and ultimate success.
A dark thought will never lead you to the light because darkness is terrified of light.
I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to.
Inevitably, mistakes are going to happen, sin is going to win a round or two in the battle of life, but there is always, always, always a way back because Jesus Christ has our backs.
It does not matter where you are—from this very moment on you choose the direction of your life.
When we take our doubts and questions to Christ, we get truthful answers. We get complete answers. We get the love, wisdom, and support we need.
Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.
Life isn’t about being perfect; it’s about improving. It’s not about achieving more, acquiring more, or even about actually being more. It’s about becoming better…better than you were.
To step into God’s will is a step into a different realm, even though your feet remain on firma terra.
When God holds the Crayons you can expect a masterpiece.
Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from “I can’t do this” to “I must do this.
You alone have the power to determine your value. Don’t let somebody else paste a discount sticker on you. You’re priceless.
Today is a gift that will be taken from you at day’s end. Don’t waste a moment, a chance, a lesson. You’ll never live today again.
Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter.
How we feel is not who we are. We might feel like failures, but as long as we are still trying, we are not failures. We are works in progress.
The path you walk today will determine where you are tomorrow.
The only way the journey ends is if you stop moving.
The path that reveals itself to you is the path you are meant to take.
Sometimes the steepest, most challenging and most rewarding paths in life are not meant to be walked, but crawled.
The easy path will seldom lead where you need to go.
The path you do not take today is the path you will regret not taking tomorrow.
Where you dare to venture where you have not gone before, you will return somehow changed.
Treasures are not found where many feet have trampled. They are found along the paths that no one else has taken…yet.
Sometimes the only path we can maneuver is from the bed to the bathroom. That’s okay. Let your journey be what it is . Just keep moving.
We navigate many paths each day, but how many sooth our souls and nourish our senses? Be aware of where you walk because the path you take can change your very essence.
Nature makes the best paths that leads to the best places.
The journey isn’t the vista at the end, it’s the ever changing view along the way.
A wolf searches the path for prey that has paused. Keep moving.
You do not have to know which path you must take. That’s not how life works. You simply must be curious and daring enough to take a step into the unknown. That’s how you come to know.
The weight you life is not nearly as heavy as the weigh you carry.
The weight you lift is not nearly as heavy as the weight you carry.
Not all paths offer a vista. But every path offers a lesson.
Pay attention to every person who crosses your path today. They are there for a reason.
I did not find my way out of the darkness until I admitted I was lost.
If you do not direct your path, the world will. Don’t ever let anyone make you go where you do not want to be.
How do you choose your paths? Who says you do? Sometimes the path chooses you.
The secret is not following the right path, it’s following that right path to the end. Don’t quit, my friend, until you’ve arrived.
The path back home is often the most difficult journey of all.
You don’t get strong by standing at the finish line, you get strong with every step you take to get there.
You will never get to a new place by walking an old path.
The springboard for your success is between your ears.
Success does just happen. It happens to those who desire, plan and work for it.
What makes you different is the exact thing that makes you irreplaceable.
The answer is in your dreams, the ones you dream while you’re asleep and the ones you dream while you’re awake.
Let them see you cry. Let them see you sweat. Let them see you bleed. Those three drops make you human. Never fear to show your humanity. It’s the bravest act of all.
Don’t count your dollars to see how rich you are. Count your memories. Count your friends. Count the hugs you get every day. Count what really matters.
Sometimes just getting up and moving is victory enough.
Fitness means you “fit” into the life that you desire.
Your brain with all its parts, exists to keep you safe, but your mind, with all your memories and intuition, exists to help you soar.
An abundant life is one where we are physically strong, mentally sound, and spiritually aflame. I
Safeguarding our health will allow us to fulfill our divine potential and serve others more effectively.
We forget that the power of God isn’t in a weapon or a leader, but within us.
Take a discovery walk today to find what’s missing in your life. There’s peace in the whisper of the wind, hope in the sun smiling from behind clouds, strength in every step forward. You can do it!
Until you believe you can do it, it’s going to be difficult to convince anyone else you can do it.
Let your past propel you forward, not hold you back.
Never allow anyone or anything to demise or dull your truest identity. Hurtful words and harsh judgments have no impact when your north star, your guiding light, shines from the center of your chest and beats from your own truest heart.
Every thought you cultivate is a brushstroke on the canvas of your life. Your life then, is an outer picture of your inner thoughts.
Unhappiness comes when we feel helpless. Hope comes the minute we decide we are not.
You are beyond worth and your potential to change is in your next thought.
Progress isn’t about how fast or how far you are moving, it’s about the direction your heart and body is pointed. Keep those aimed at your truest north and you’ll get to where you want to be.
I promise you that the moment you unwaveringly commit to your own vision, seen and unseen powers will unite to make that vision a reality.
Our lives reflect our inner image. If we think we’re worth it, that worth will manifest in our lives. If we think we’re not worthy, we’ll live in lack. Believe your worth it and you will become worth it.
Regardless of your past, of your own beliefs, I promise you that you are worthy of the remarkable life you so want to live.
Dreams are blueprints and what good are blueprints until a carpenter goes to work? Dream big, and bold and brazen, but then get off your butt and do the work to realize your own dreams.
You must give permission for people to alter your thoughts. No matter how hard they knock, they can’t get into your brain unless you open the door.
Here’s the three-ingredient recipe for a glorious day: think a higher thought, move your feet forward, serve someone you’ve never served. Do those three things and your life will improve in a millisecond.
Don’t ever let your day end in “could haves” and “should haves.” Life is meant to be one experience after another. Say yes to everything that is good for you.
If we are what we repeatedly do, how many times did you express gratitude today? Showing that you’re grateful is the only way to be a grateful human being. Saying the words is not enough; you have demonstrate it through deeds.
The origin of the word fail means to stop functioning. So as long as you haven’t stopped, you haven’t failed.
Success demands a price that only a few are willing to pay … blood, flesh, time, money, pride, heartbreak and energy. Anyone who has ever succeeded has the battle scars to prove the sacrifices they’ve made.
New thinking doesn’t mean shuffling your old thoughts around; it means getting rid of the old and implementing the new. That way your, “I can’t” become “I can!” and “I did!
Fair mindedness doesn’t require a lot of thought, it requires a lot of bravery.
To have a flexible, open, clean mind, you have to do three things: exercise it, accept new ideas, clear out the clutter. Be willing to change your mind when it needs changing.
You can’t have a great life unless you move two things: your body AND your mind. Keep them both exercised by taking them places they’ve never before been.
I will never be a loser. Never. Because I will never stop trying to be better.
My path gets more beautiful when you walk it with me.
Friends hurt friends. They don’t mean to, but it happens. So friendship is made of forgiveness as much as it is love.
Why have you been my friend when I didn’t deserve friendship?” “Because friendship isn’t something anyone deserves…it’s just one of those blessings of life, you can’t earn…love has no price tag.
Friends don’t come ready-made or one-size-fits-all. True friends are always custom fit and one-of-a-kind…just for you.
The Bible says that to have a friend we must show ourselves friendly. To that, I say, “Amen.
I just want a friend who “gets” me and then wants to keep me—flaws and all.
Friendship, neglected, is like a flower deprived of water and sunlight.
You cannot be a friend to someone else, if you do not have a friendship with yourself.
Friendship develops over tears, times, laughs and lunch.
A true friend will never stand in your allotted beam of light. They will get out of the way so you can grow, but they’ll stay nearby in case you need what they can offer.
Friends might share clothes and chocolate, but they must share books. Just like you share the same stars, share the same books and you’ll never be apart.
If you’re truly friends, then you don’t just offer a little whisp of your love. You unzip your chest, reach in and pull your heart out and says, “It’s all yours—please keep it beating.
Friendship is never measured it words…it’s measured in memories.
Just because our friendship has changed and now we grow in different directions, does not mean that we have to grow apart.
If you leave your dreams on your pillow, you might as well just stay in bed. To make dreams come true you’ve got to get up and take action.
No one else will ever see your dream until YOU envision it. See it and they’ll see it too.
Just because there is change around us does not mean there has to be change within us.
There’s still a little girl inside every grown woman who would love to be able to fall into the arms of her mother and cry her eyes out every now and then.
Every woman has beauty. Every woman has worth. Every woman deserves a chance at happiness.
If you could see into a woman’s heart you’d be shocked at the cracks and chasms of self-doubt, fear, and pain it holds. It’s a wreck and yet it manages to love like it’s never been broken.
Every woman is born with her own sense of style and idea of beauty. To stifle that is a sin as great as snuffing out a blossoming bud, a one-of-a-kind flower will never bloom again.
Women willing to think big and bold and brazen are the women who have shattered one glass ceiling after another to make shimmering stars for the rest of us to see our way by.
A strong woman strengthens women. An empowered woman empowers women. When one woman rises we are all elevated.
What is a strong woman? One whose very embrace can weaken the knees and soften the heart of the one she embraces, not by force, but by love which is the strongest force of all.
Women rise up! Speak up. Look up. Within you is all the light the world needs to scare away the darkness that holds it hostage.
A wise woman invests her time and doesn’t squander it in gossip, judgment or idleness. She knows every moment gone is one that she will not get back.
A woman sees a problem and sets about solving it, not analyzing it.
Intuition is a woman’s gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don’t change the world for good, who will?
A woman’s belly is the garden of life. Her mind is the gateway to meaning. Her heart is the source of love. And her eyes are the light by which the whole world sees beauty.
Women can do it all but that doesn’t mean they should have to.
If you want to be strong challenge yourself to something that makes you feel weak.
Take a close look at nature and you’ll see that every living creature is wired for mutation and variation. The fact that people can say, “I’m not the same person I used to be,” is the greatest of all miracles.
If we understand how the brain works, we can understand how to work it.
When you compare yourself against someone else, you always lose.
When we look at things differently, things look different.
It’s not what we do once—it’s what we do once a day…day in and day out…every day that brings lasting change into our lives.
Nothing on this earth will empower you or change you more than knowing without doubt that God loves you.
A change of attitude is the one change that changes everything
Unless and until we change, we cannot grow. What’s life without growth?
Understanding your own anatomy and how it functions is crucial to changing your thinking and changing your life.
Open your heart to the wonder of life simply by opening your heart.
Taking care of your body is insurance for your soul.
A leader is someone who figures out the way, then gets out of the way so others can lead.
Smart thinking is to know what you think and why you think it.
Our minds sometimes think best when fueled by another brain’s thought. Be willing to consider what someone else thinks before you decide what you think. That way you can know what you think and why you think it.
You are brighter than the sunlight and bolder than a rainbow. You are the reason spring was created in the first place.
Don’t even try to count all the colors of spring. God’s pallet keeps generating new hues.
Sunshine and water—the perfect recipe for happiness.
Spring is the only season that flutters in on gentle wings and builds nests in our hearts.
Spring is painted in daffodil yellows, robin egg blues, new grass green and the brightness of hope for a better life.
Spring gives hope that God believes in second chances.
Peace comes at a price, often only at the end of a hard-fought battle.
God is working on your behalf, for your happiness and inner peace. So move forward in faith, believing that He is with you and for you because He is.
There’s no blade in the world as sharp as rejection.
Rejection is a blade to the heart. It’s the worst kind of pain.
The first and most important person you must believe in is yourself.
No matter where you are along life’s path, your next step is your first step.
The only way to take command of your life is to realize that you are never going to be in control of it.
Your brain processes a thought while your mind creates and cultivates not only your thoughts, but also the knowledge and experiences you gain.
The brain is a material thing, something you can hold in your hands. The mind is an immaterial thing, something only the Universe can hold.
Courage is stepping forward when all you can see is darkness.
Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need of an attitude adjustment.
Being meek does not make you weak. You’re not someone who sways with changing circumstances. You don’t allow yourself to be used. You’re not passive or spineless. Your faith is in the Almighty, so you know that you are mighty.
You’ll never have a positive life by thinking negatively.
When a man is loved by a strong, confident woman he too is stronger and more confident. Once he has been touched by the tenderness of a strong, confident woman he too can touch with tenderness. That kind of love is contagious.
If you want to discover your true purpose for existing, all you have to do is look deeply into the things that bring you joy.
If you’re giving to get, all you’ll receive is disappointment. But if you’re giving to give, all you’ll receive is joy.
Why are you alive? To discover joy and to share that joy with others.
Because Christ doesn’t scream to get our attention, we have to find places and times that are quiet. We can look for Him throughout the day in a smile or the sunlight through a cloud. He’s there in a baby’s face—every time in a baby’s face.
True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows.
Never let anyone belittle your efforts to better yourself. Let them stand back or stand aside, but you move forward no matter who tries to stop you.
We exist to fully participate in the creation our own lives.
Just because we’ve made poor or wrong choices in the past, does not limit us from making wise and good choices now.
If you truly believe something you will attempt to live it. Otherwise you don’t really believe it.
A little thought thought over and over becomes the thought that changes everything. Always choose to believe the best about yourself.
You can be an atheist three seasons out of the year, but not during spring. Spring makes it mandatory to believe in a Divine Creator.
It is not enough just to believe in Christ. We have to believe that He believes in us so we can believe in ourselves. That’s a sentence that deserves a re-read.
Words can be arrows that inflict wounds. They can also be bandages that heal.
Never tell a depressed person to “Cheer up.” Unless you want them to tell you to “Shut up.
Knock. Pound on heaven’s door if you have to, but don’t give up. God hears all sincere prayers.
If you think you are unworthy to pray, that thought is not coming from Jesus Christ. More than anything, He wants us to approach Heavenly Father, to have our prayers heard and answered.
In God’s economy, nothing is slag, nothing is wasted. Every relationship we build is a teacher, every experience we have is a coach. In every scar there is a lesson. In every memory there lives potential to make more.
Never put off repairing a relationship you value. If sorry needs to be said say it now. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us.
Forgive yourself when you fall down because we all fall down.
You cannot do more than you can, so be gentle with yourself and quick to forgive your mistakes and to move on.
Three things to help keep your brain cells awake and alert … drink plenty of clean water, get plenty of deep sleep, and let your imagination soar to places it’s never dared venture.
When your lover is your best friend…then you know you’re one of the few and the fortunate.
A friend is someone who makes you a better version of yourself just by being who they are. Their existence is your inspiration.
When you’re rearranging the furniture to make way for the decorations and the tree, make sure you rearrange your heart to make room for the Savior of Mankind.
Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat.
The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we’re in trouble
If Christ is missing from your life, it isn’t because He is lost.
Authentic kindness has a power greater than rock, paper and scissors combined.
Life tends to deliver on what we order…so when you think I’m worthless, you get a life fitting what thought. When you think I’m fabulous…you get that.
An attitude is much deeper than just our emotions or the thoughts we think. It’s a decision we make based on our core beliefs and values.
Always be aware of what you are thinking. Pay attention to your thoughts because they drive the direction of your life.
We’ve all got voices inside our heads and over time they blend into a mental orchestra that all sounds the same. This is where we assume every voice we hear is our own even though that is not true.
Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes isn’t as much about the walk or the shoes; it’s to be able to think like they think, feel what they feel, and understand why they are who and where they are. Every step is about empathy.
The only way to make a great thought great is to share it.
When neurons “talk” to each other clearly, our brain is able to make sense of our lives. We make our wisest decisions when there is nothing obstructing these lines of communication.
All truly toxic thoughts are expelled while moving. Gotta move to stay alive.
When negative thinking changes, everything changes.
Two spectrums generate our thoughts … one comes from fear and the other from love. Every emotion in between starts at one of those two places.
Anxiety is nothing more than prolonged fear. It comes with prolonged chemical release that does incalculable damage to your neurons over time.
Think about what you are thinking about. Be aware of your own thoughts!
Only when people are aware will they start to care.
Once you are aware that you have a weak spot you can begin to strengthen it, work on it, and finally turn it into a stronghold. But nothing can happen until you become aware.
Be aware of the voices in your head. Identify them. Just became you hear it doesn’t mean it’s your voice saying it. And just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true.
Be aware of the voices in your head. Identify them. Just because you hear it doesn’t mean it’s your voice saying it. And just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true.
You do not have to be religious to be spiritual and moral.
Can you identify the voices inside of your own head? It’s imperative that you do so you can understand who is doing your thinking.
You’ll never get it if you can’t see yourself having it.
You have the ability to drive your brain and the capability to nab the steering wheel back any time you feel yourself veering off the road you intended to take.
We humans have two things that set us apart and make us able to do what no other form of life can—reason and feel. That’s because we have brains and hearts.
The journey to the center of your soul doesn’t start in your heart. It begins in your brain, and taking it makes you among the bravest of the brave for it’s a place only the rare dare venture.
The more we have, the more we realize can be taken from us, and that’s when our lives border on insanity. We live in fear of losing what we think we possess. Once we let go and let God, then we gain a peace that surpasses understanding.
Don’t fear experience. Embrace each one as a gift, a teacher, a step to get closer to where you want to be and who you want to become.
When your resources are focused on what has been you cannot create all that can still be.
Do not ask, “Is is possible?” rather, “Is is worth what it will require of me to make it happen?
Don’t be defined by someone else’s definition of you.
Yes, the same God who created all the universes created you as a one-of-a-kind. He knows you and loves you and commands you to love yourself.
You do not need permission to be you. Just be your authentic, brilliant, one-soul-only self. You are a marvel. Act like it!
No good can come from beating ourselves up for falling down—for feeling unhappy when we want to feel just the opposite.
When you understand what you’re truly worth, who is going to be able to make you feel worthless? No one.
You want to be loved? Love yourself first and passionately. Forgive yourself readily. Care for every part of you. Only when you love yourself do you have love to give to others.
A journey through nature is always a road that leads to self-discovery.
A journey through nature is always a road thatleads to self-discovery.
A journey through nature is always a road to leads to self-discovery.
Meaning is often found embedded in the silent moments of our lives when we can hear and see what matters most, the things audible and visible only to the spirit.
We are also not what others think of us. Our reputations do not define our true worth. Every person we know has an opinion of us. We drive ourselves crazy wondering what those opinion are and trying to change the ones that aren’t favorable.
Want more energy? Drink water. Sleep deep. Love passionately. Eat clean. Forgive completely. Create something new.
If you knew what lies ahead on the path, it would not be an adventure, now would it?
The roadmap to a rich, rewarding life is to follow your passion, to be willing to deviate, to never dull to the dawn of a new day and all of the possibilities it holds for adventure and discovery.
If your life is not an adventure then you are not truly alive.
Experience is a supreme teacher, but experience is not something that can be taught. It has to be learned through choice and consequence.
I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.
Self-awareness happens when we become aware of other people, things and places around us and how we are all connected.
Create space in your mind for the harsh memories too. Don’t ever cower from a teacher. Learn and live higher because you know how to use those dark memories as stepping-stones to think your way to a higher form of living.
Three words will allow you to change your thinking and change your life … “I am responsible.
The Christmas memories you make this year will be the ones you remember in the years to come.
I believe that we are all born for greatness yet most of us mire in the mediocrity of life. We become complacent or worse, discouraged and stagnate. We damn ourselves by not progressing.
Our imperfections make us unique as surely as our strengths.
I may walk a different path than you, but it doesn’t mean that either one of us is lost.
We’re making decisions right now that shape our lives. Even indecision is a decision. What’s going on today is a result of the choices we’ve made in the past.
Today is the day to stop, look around, realize where you are in relation to where you want to be, change direction if needed and move forward with faith in God and in yourself.
You are not your emotions and they are not who you are, only how you feel at the moment.
Don’t look around for the path you are meant to follow, forge it yourself.
Change doesn’t come in nickels and dimes. It comes in dedication and sweat.
No one knows your body like you do. Listen to it. It will tell you what to eat, when to drink, how to sleep and which exercises you need to do. Let your own body be your most trusted personal trainer.
You can’t do it for someone else. No matter how much they motivate or inspire you, you have to do it for yourself. Your health is YOUR responsibility.
No matter your reason, if you sacrifice your health, you’re making the wrong choice.
When the finish line seems too far away, remember how you felt when you were back at the starting line. Regain that motivation to recharge your momentum.
Every time you work out you strengthen your body. Every time you don’t you weaken it.
You don’t know all that you can be unless you’ve tried all there is to try. None of us get to do that in this life, so hence the saying, there’s always room for improvement.
Sore muscles are nothing compared to the pain of regret.
It’s rare to be depressed and be in prime health. Healthy people tend to be happy people.
Not all races are run on a track. And not all finish lines are marked by ticker tape.
Taking care of your health and well bring first, is the best way to insure you will be able to care for those you love.
The only real insurance you have against disease is a healthy body. Invest wisely, generously and often in that policy.
You never hear someone called beautiful who neglects themselves.
Why do we tend to treasure our health best, only when it is in jeopardy?
A woman who truly loves herself better loves others.
Nothing. Nothing. Nothing is more powerful in deciding the quality of life than attitude.
Do you really want to know the simplest secret to a happy life and a positive attitude? It’s believing that God is on your side; that He’s actively working on your behalf, that he loves you and is capable of completely forgiving you.
We cannot control all the circumstances of our lives, but we can control our attitudes and our actions. If we don’t, someone else will.
We might not be grateful for all things, but we can be grateful in all moments
How do you know which path you should take? Take one and it will tell you if you’ve chosen wisely. If not, choose a different path. That’s the gift life offers freely.
Our business is to be free of anything that separates us from God, who has created us to simply be happy and to progress.
We might give God our tithing, our material possessions, even our time and talents, but those are not really ours to begin with. They are gifts on loan. What is ours is the only genuine sacrifice we can lay on the altar—total submission.
Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.
Any thought that you don’t control has the power to become toxic.
A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need.
Quiet that self-sabotaging inner voice that lays blame anywhere besides at the altar of your feet. We are responsible for the quality of our lives.
Some of life’s best lessons are learned through our worst mistakes.
The spirit of Christmas is found when we lift the load of others.
Christmas is about Christ. When we forget that, we lose the true magic of Christmas.
The reason for the season is Christ. Let’s not forget that.
When you’re planning the perfect Christmas … the gifts, the lights, the decorations, the paries, the cards, don’t forget the most important item on the list—Christ.
Ingredients for a terrific Christmas: Christ. Love for one another. Forgiveness. Generosity. Time. Music. Children’s laughter. Reminising with loved ones. Remembering those who are alone. The making of new memories.
Have you ever come out of a dramatic, chaotic situation and said, “I did everything I could, and it wasn’t enough?”That’s because “everything we can” isn’t enough. It’s only enough when our everything joins with Christ’s everything.
With Christ as your partner, there is no such thing as failure, only results.
Coming to Christ is not an event. It is a process where we keep trying and trying and never give up.
We labor under the great delusion that we are in control. Silly humans.
Sleep on it until your thoughts are rational and your tongue is capable of speaking only kindness and truth.
Want to forget that you’re growing older? Walk across green grass with bare feet.
The only way you’re going to be defeated is if you allow your brain to shut down your body. If you stop making progress, you’re damned.
Don’t try to wring out all the answers before you move forward. Faith doesn’t work that way. Step into the darkness and the light will appear to guide your next step. It’s that first step into the unknown that stops us from progressing.
So what if you’re scared spitless? So what if you’re intimidated, insecure or inundated with doubt? If it’s the thing that will advance you, do it anyway. Forward movement always begins with an inward decision.
In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.
Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That’s why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. No matter what.
You are worth the investment so spend the time, money and resources on you. You matter. When you’re strong, healthy and happy, those you love most will also benefit.
We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, that support and protect you on the journey you’ve chosen to walk.
We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, support and protect you on the journey that you’ve chosen to walk.
600Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store.
Don’t spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes.
Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts.
Christmas is not a date on a calendar. It’s more than a state of mind. It’s a condition of the heart.
The month of December isn’t magical because it sparkles. It’s magical because it changes people’s hearts … at least momentarily.
If you hate what you get for Christmas, try to focus on the person who gave the gift to you, not what came in the box.
Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.
Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.
Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.
A great life starts and steadies with a great mind that is open to new ideas, fierce in defense of truth, and always eager to learn.
Your body is a complete marvel. The more you study its anatomy and how each part works in harmony, the more you will be convinced that you didn’t just evolve. You were designed from the beginning by the hand of a Master.
If we want a miracle, we’ve got to surrender all our faith.
Faith isn’t hearing the voice of God. It’s listening and hearing nothing, but moving toward the miracle anyway. God hears us even when we don’t hear him. Knowing that requires real faith.
When my toes are sunk into warm sand and the ocean is lapping my feet, when I breathe in the scent of salt and hear the cry of a seagull, I know that I am returned to a place of restoration. I am home.I can heal here.
I didn’t want to want what I wanted. I wanted to want what He wanted for me.
When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is.
Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive.
How many of us even know what our default state of being is? Check yours at random times; reset it to positive, grateful, disciplined or faithful. Don’t ever let it idle on negative, greedy, lax or doubtful.
The hardest decision of the day is always the first decision you must make. It’s the choice you make to TRY.
Mortality was never designed to torture you. It was designed to test you.
We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do.