“Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.”

When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.

The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.

Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.

You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.

Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives… but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can ‘color’ (change) how we see our present and future.

Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.

To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.

Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.

Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.

True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.

Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.

In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.