And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life. If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. You have the ability to totally transform every area in your life-and it all begins with your very own power of choice.

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.

Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us.

We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.