Most people don’t accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.

You were formed inside a borrowed womb—a nourishing safe haven for months—then delivered through painful effort and sacrifice by a woman willing to give you the precious gift of life. That truth alone deserves your...

Monsters excite us in this way or that.They make our pulse thrum and steal lives from the cat!They’re frightening creatures, one peek and you’ll see.Yet life without monsters, how dull it would be.Your tense, nervous...

Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action…..no matter what. So you’re afraid? Be...

A whiff of fresh mintthat tastes like strawberry pie.Your kisses tempt me.

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.

A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.

There is a point when the anguished soul finally despairs. A moment in life when the heart, the will, even the spirit crumbles. Some say that after much grief and drowning in tears, it is...

Life is not what happens to us; it is what we perceive has happened to us.

I bleed words.I dream in narrative. I live in infinite worlds.I befriend figmental characters.I wish on stars in other galaxies.I harvest stories from a brooding muse.I bloom under moonlight in hushed seclusion.I am a writer.

I settle into my imagination so that I might be someone when the real world tells me I’m no one.

Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation. For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it is enough to make you stand against ridiculous odds again and again and...

I finally figured out the big, elusive secret to weight loss. Don’t eat! Who knew?

A little here and a little there will always accumulate, so why be surprised when steady, small steps take you to great places?

Seemingly insignificant choices are like seemingly trivial seeds. Once planted, they root and grow and spread into something tremendous. Imagine the prickly weeds some choices amount to over time and be careful not to plant...

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone’s day.

Lies don’t fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you’re left staring at the naked truth which is always an uncomfortable situation.

It’s one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.

Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.

Perhaps, if you weren’t so busy regarding my shortcomings, you’d find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be. I notice when the sky is blue. I smile down at children. I...

Sail through the good days, and on bad days pick a spot of blue sky to steer toward.

Haunt an old house.Ask for a treat.Laugh like a witch.Lick something sweet.Offer a trick.Wander a maze.Echo a boo.Exclaim the phrase—Normal’s unnatural on Halloween!

Even if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, keep to your own side; it’s where you belong. There you can plant your own grass and tend to it.

It’s a waste of time worrying about something that worry won’t fix; it’s about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

That’s me—a storm cloud.

Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it.

What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, ‘Criminy, why didn’t I ever think to write that!’

What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask? Let me give you the answer in a true story…On a cold day in December, feeling especially warm in my heart for no other reason than it...

Death. What a brief word for the extinguishing of life. To be no more. To have days cut off and at their end. To never again……….anything.

He was everything I needed because his entire character had been molded by my deepest wants and desires. He was my rock when I cried, my playmate when I laughed, and my hero when I...

If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.

Freedom is the atmosphere in which humanity thrives. Breathe it in.

Have you ever felt as if your dreams were more memorable, more alive, than what you knew to be reality? Have your dreams ever seemed so tangible as to make you question upon waking if...

During an especially noisy elementary school assembly I witnessed a common marvel. Someone spoke,”Once upon a time…” into the mic, and the room hushed. Such magic never ceases to amaze me.

As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words.””Yes, that’s right,” I agreed.”I’ve noticed that some authors favor particular words, making frequent use of them. Do you have a favorite?”I nodded assuredly and...

Discouragement is like a scorpion in your shoe; it takes courage to toss it out so you can move on.

Pray for good.Pray for happy.And always pray for Mom.

I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me―goaded by Charlie’s bullying character―was easy to forgive.

My spirit mirrors the radiance of a clear, blue sky. With closed eyes I lift my face and smile, warmed from the core and from above. All hopes and dreams compete with this endless expanse...

Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?

It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off...

It’s a phenomenal experience jumping from the devious mind of a sorceress bent on conquering the world to the compassionate musing of a queen capable of healing life with a touch—all in a flicker of...

When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour or smile and look for rainbows.

Though I adore the idea of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, and such luminary characters—especially their altruism and devotion—I still don’t believe in them. For I know the truth. Only one...

Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.

There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.

When my problems seem overwhelming and impossible to solve, I hold fast to these facts: God is real, He is right, and He cares.

The search only ends when you finally find the one who truly gets you.

My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us both from evils far worse than any fire-breathing dragon.

To Bury A Star””I pulled a star from the darkest corner of night and hid it within my bosom. When the Earth beneath my feet gave way, moist and fertile, I knelt to the ground...