Understand that great accomplishments require great effort. If a goal is achieved without effort, it is no accomplishment but a mere happening.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Pray for good.Pray for happy.And always pray for Mom.

It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.

Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.

Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms―overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all―first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water.