Hard work is a good teacher. But, going through hard times and deciding to be stronger is a better education. 

Expanding and highlighting previous and current success is easier and often more important than finding ways to fix existing problems. 

If you can show Love,

and maintain your own internal Inspiration,

while acting with Hope,

you will then have all Courage,

you need. 

Setting new goals is the easiest way to create hope and stay young. 

It takes courage to be happy when you care about what others think. 

If you don’t care though, being happy is an easy thing to choose. 

Sharing your experiences does not invalidate someone else’s. Helping others see a new perspective or a new way to tell their own story does not invalidate their feelings. Growth hurts. Just because seeing things from a new and different perspective initially might hurt, the bigger picture is always more important. Being helpful to the person as a whole by supporting and encouraging growth is much more important than protecting current feelings and emotions. 

Fast results are always better than slow potential. 

If we make the journey of another about us, we are selfish. 

If we take the pain we feel and blame it on another, we are foolish. 

If we fake our feelings to impress another, our soul will perish. 

Before it is time to forgive, forgive first. 

When it is time to forgive, forgive.

After the time to forgive has passed, forgive again. 

Initially, we all start as masters of our choices, and then the choices we make end up becoming our masters.