"Limiting one's end-of-life options to suffering terrible physical and emotional agony and the loss of personal dignity is neither humane nor divine."

- Psychology Today

"Life is a continuous process of making mistakes, taking responsibility for them, and then learning to be more aware and compassionate so that we don't accumulate new regrets."

"Where our heart lies -- that to which we are most attached -- is the source of suffering in this life, and of untold continued suffering after we die. - Christine Longer

"You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.” 

- Terence McKenna

 If it has to be a secret, don’t do it.

"Wisely choose who you spend your time with because they will influence you."

"What people say and do has a lot more to do with them than it does you."

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” 

~Henry David Thoreau 

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Smile and say Hello to strangers.

"Always be honest, it lightens your load."

Living with gratitude is the pathway to joy.

" Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us."

- Emery Allen

"Don’t get in a relationship with someone who doesn’t show signs of empathy."

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

- Elie Wiesel

Think Warm Thoughts

"Clearly, whatever is on the inside manifests in the way we present ourselves to the world!"

Do Something

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” 

- Mahatma Gandhi

Kindness is the most valuable gift you can give to someone.

It changes them. By lifting someone in need up you automatically lift yourself up. In that instant, you make the world a better place.

I forgive people but that doesn't mean 

I accept their behavior or trust them.  

I forgive them for me, so I can let go 

and move on with my life.

- The Unbound Spirit

"You may think you are harming others and some take pleasure in this, but in reality you are harming yourself hundreds of times more than you have harmed anyone else."

"I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude." - Dr. Brene Brown

 happiness depends upon the love that you give and receive

Energy Never Dies

The Man in the Arena

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

This world is not for everyone . . .

". . . some are angels on earth just here to make their mark and move on . Clean, untainted souls too good to deal with the ugliness of life. Too sensitive to bear the burden of everyday existence."

- (excerpt by family member who lost loved one to suicide)