People love super heroes. It’s true we’re impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero...

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

Nature awakens in brilliant colors of autumn, making me wish winter would bid adieu.

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended…..and then believe it.

Beauty that pleases the eye is a frail, fleeting illusion. But that beauty capable of pleasing the heart can endure endlessly.

Real? Real depends upon your perspective, Annabelle. People never see life exactly the same way. The world is what you think it is.

A mother is a child’s first looking glass into the world.

Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean.

The further you descend into a pit, the darker things appear. You can’t keep digging to find the light.

Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for.

They urge us to study our history that we might learn from past tragedies and errors. But sometimes I think it’s actually a good thing that humanity so easily forgets. The haze that eventually claims...

The real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal.

Kindness wields a sword of light against the darkness.

Happiness branches from the tree of kindness, abounding with the fruit of sweet smiles.

Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming.

Temptations don’t appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.

When you delete impossible from your thinking, you give yourself permission to imagine, to believe, to try, and to accomplish phenomenal things.

Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.

Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging our point of view, to weep over our pain and failures as well...

It is to our own detriment that we underestimate the might of small and simple things.

It’s mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.

The reality is that doing good unto others actually does more good for you.

Laughing in my ear is a muse amused by how I paint her whims on paper with silly words.

Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.

Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision.

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that when agitated, bursts to create something marvelously desirable. It’s sort of like those...

The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.

Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that’s not important. What’s important is that through it all you learn how much you need...

You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.

Life is a love story, with every character yearning for permanent refuge in someone’s heart.

Laughing in the face of danger doesn’t negate the fear, it simply enables you to smile at it.

Last night I danced. My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sorrows—my fingers beckoning to the stars at arm’s length, back arching as tingles bubbled up my spine,...

I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was.

Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss.

Don’t laugh. A girl can dream.

Life is a harsh, twisted paradox.On one hand, you wish for no pain or suffering or misery on anyone. Yet you hope to see your children grow into individuals of compassionate and kind character. And...

Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes.

The glory of fame isn’t in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it’s like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth.

You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.

My world burns severe.Pockets of sweltering air attack every inch of me exposed, heated by fire spewed forth from the lungs of dragons. For defense I raise a glowing sword that shines by virtue of...

I don’t understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases.

I’ve figured out why they call it a trial. Because you try all you can to pull through it. 

Obsessing over something that has jarred your world is called coping.

Learn to look up now and then, just in case a piano is falling from overhead.

Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.

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...