More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?

Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?

Some people can’t be in your life because they don’t have the power to help you improve it. That doesn’t mean you don’t wish them well, it just means that you are on Chapter ten of your life, when they are on Chapter five. Maybe, it is just enough to meet at the crossroads in life and agree to take separate paths, then with a cheshire grin you both look back and shout, “Beat you to the top of the mountain”, followed by the funnest sprint of both of your lives.

Sometimes our wants or needs have nothing to do with being ungrateful and everything to do with making a mistake.

Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home.

I could crawl inside the lyrics and know each note intimately. They would claw at my soul, until I could no longer fight the emotions that took me to a place I couldn't experience. But, it was the possibility that made every verse a heart filled prediction and every beat a direction to follow.

The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others.

You either live the life that is easy or you live the life that is difficult, but appreciate it more.