#inspiration

"Don't set your goals by what other people deem important."

"The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness and fulfillment are possible from others. We have lost our hope in our fellow humans."

"I met a boy whose eyes showed me that the past, present and future were all the same thing."

"The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & clarity."

"Dissatisfaction can be a source of inspiration if you learn to control it."

"We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative."

"Fear is what keeps the walls up, so open the gate and let what you want, in when you want"

"What have you gained since you haven't prayed? What will you lose if you pray?"

"Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood."

"Take the breath of the new dawn and make it part of you. It will give you strength."

"I rather now strive to reach rather than wait to receive!"

"There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose."

"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller."

"I could taste the salt on her lips, each kiss like a summer wave breaking on an empty beach."

"Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?"

"Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?"

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

"Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence."

"I fantasize the night sky to be like a cosmic blue print of my life as I close my eyes and unbutton my heart…. just in case anyone up there is listening."

"He is the only option for better living."