I started something that day. I began creating. Like a stunning, orange-flame phoenix rising from the ashes, I began construction on a new paradigm born from the ruins of old patterns of behavior. I broke the cycle. There was no going back. I was still red-hot angry and looking to fight.

What do you want to do with this?' she whispered tightly.'Honestly?' I intoned. 'Burn it.

What do you want to do with this? she whispered tightly.Honestly? I intoned. Burn it.

Do not settle for status quo. Life always offers something better.

The fire roared louder, greedy, completely engulfing the walls, the floors, the ceilings, stretching its arms to the sky as if in supplication to its gods. Within minutes, the inferno devoured itself, leaving no trace it had existed, it had breathed, it had danced with the devil.

Allowance grants us the permission to be perfect in our imperfection.

Self-awareness changes your world. Awareness of others changes The world.

Experiences are neither good nor bad, they just are. It is what we do with them, what we take away from them, and how we respond to them that determines the effect they have on our lives.