“It is just as they said it would be great, and terrible, and on occasion, terribly great. (life)”

I forgive so I can live a gift I give myself, first.

As one thing ends, another begins and I learn oh, I learn change is my constant friend.

I told her she was magic I said it and it was no lie.

Waiting is wasting.

Breathe. Dream. Grow. Your soul knows true hearts must be bold.

Be still. There are things worth listening for.

Thankful for the rose grateful for its thorns these lessons bloom like weeds from them I am reborn.

When my world grows dark I remember: Every light begins with a spark.

I am a island – I am an island so large that though I live here, I know it not.

The moment I am sure that I know is also the moment I cease to grow.

I beg my heart to ask- why not me? A woman and a leader. A writer and a healer.

Let the weight fall all there is to do is be here at all.

I wonder how deep true love can go when you water it daily and let it grow.

My desire for connection is stronger than my desire for perfection.

My heart beats for me, always has, but it waits for you.

The present is a present. Do you open it – or just wish it locked different?

When I’m traveling, I won’t miss an opportunity to try great pasta.

No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.

Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.

Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.

The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.

I am caught between the meadow and the sky knowing I can walk long distances, but believing there’s something greater than where my feet can take me.