“The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed”

Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!

Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.

Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.

Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.

Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.

If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.

How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!

Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.

The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.

Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.

Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!

Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God’s love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.

We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.

Choices not chance determine your destiny.

Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.