Life never goes according to plan. That’s okay, because often our plans are much smaller than life intends. Probably EASIER, but smaller.

Somewhere along the road many of us have picked up the belief that to change we must suffer. Some things are earned with work. But work is not suffering. Work is just work.

It is your life, so who should change it?

Emerge; don’t cower.Endure; don’t run.Nurture; don’t abandon

We all have days when we feel small. Really small. Completely inadequate but saddled with all this responsibility…I have to fight battles against people who shouldn’t be my enemies – especially when there are allready...

It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

You can use and see the power of words contributing towards your success, and this comes from having an empowering belief system. Living and functioning from an empowering belief system is the spring board for...

The ability to love is the divine power of human.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

The problem with thick skin is that it leaves you impervious to the sharpest of pins. Everything becomes dull. But without that sense of pain, there cannot be that sense of relief. Ultimately, the thickened...

But real life doesn’t travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn’t necessarily have that ‘all lived happily ever after’ bit. You have to work on where you’re going.

Pleasures that we seek are not Happiness at its peak… for it is Contentment that gives True fulfillment.-RVM

Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, “God, I love you” and looked to the sky and really meant it. “I have fallen in love with you, God. Take...

The first step towards freedom is to choose truth.

The wisdom that comes from being conscious of the real threats to you and your mission will sharpen your deliberateness in decision & choice-making, associations and positioning.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

In order to receive in abundance … give in abundance!

Hope is one of the most important things in the universe. To feel access and abundant amounts of hope is an incredible thing. Not everyone has that capability, just as not everyone has the capability...

Adversities are the best teacher and challenges are the best motivator.

Try telling the boy who’s just had his girlfriend’s namecut into his arm that there’s slippage between the signifierand the signified. Or better yet explain to the girlwho watched in the mirror as the tattoo...

Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

When indeed it is in God we live, and move, and have our being. We cannot draw a breath without his help.

When you suffer, you are being conformed to the image of Jesus. When you pray, you are being made holy in the image of Jesus. When you quietly serve a person in need, you are...

The imagination of creative thought can be a crazy place,this giving reason to write it down to try and make sense of it all.

When you look in the mirror, it’s usually to fix your hair or put on makeup. To examine your body searching for problem areas. We look at ourselves to see the flaw, not beauty. And...

The Soul’s sacred ground of being is the foundation for your doing. — from the book, Doing a 360, page 135

Man made God in his own image…

In life what you ASPIRE will TRANSPIRE—be it Loss or Gain, Sun or Rain, Joy or Pain.-RVM

The intention to be absolutely truthful and the willingness to put the benefit of all before personal benefit hold the power to change the world.

Puesto que el que contempla con sus ojos la belleza, no es ya tributario de la muerte, como dice Platen, sino de la Naturaleza, cuya belleza ha comprendido. Y si sus ojos sirven realmente para...

Why would you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Gratitude is a conscious choice and survivors owe it to themselves to accept this as one of their greatest tools used to rebuild their life.

I hoped for a miracle, but most of all, I hoped for someone to truly understand what I was going through.I can’t make you live longer, I can’t stop you from hurting but I can...

Wherever you are, for sure, you are everywhere.

Silence guides the mind…

The joy of disruption comes from accepting that we all live in a temporal state.

The Enemy of the best is the good. If you’re always settling with what’s good, you’ll never be the best.

Just think, God knows everything you’ve ever done yet He loves you. God loves you just the way you are. There is nothing that can separate you from His love. His Love is relentless.

An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person who justifies bad behavior with apologies. For them it is a means to...

Having bad experiences sometimes helps; it makes it clearer what it is youshould be doing. I know that sounds very Pollyannaish but it’s true. People who have had only good experiences aren’t very interesting. They...

The bad news is, our past defines us. However, the good news is, our future will someday be a part of that past.

Are deepest desires are: someone to understand us, someone to appreciate us, someone to inspire us, and someone to enjoy what we are.

Life is your biggest Treasure. Enjoy it. If you forget to, it will soon be gone, never to return.-RVM

Faith encompasses so much more than a denomination!

If you got caught with your pants down. I suppose the first question to ask is, what were you doing in a fishing net

Don’t become bitter when you’re overlooked for a promotion. What’s for you will not pass you by. God has a better plan just for you. Trust God to fight your battles. God will vindicate you.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

In that second, I think about running through that door and going with him. But I know that it’s not the road I’m meant for.Because we’re both still incapable of love. We’re both not ready...

Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher; come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else’s as your truth.