Pain any pain emotional, physical, mental has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories. We would be more alive if we did more of this and Life would be more lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

Avoiding situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought.

Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream

Our thoughts create our reality -- where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

The simple solution for disappointment depression: Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without?mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live.

You need only look at what’s in front of you and find something there to appreciate.

That’s what depression had wrought inside me: one, vast, barren rock garden-without the garden.