“As the last curtain falls on a spent year, a new year pirouettes to center stage with the elegance and charm of a prima ballerina and delivers the promise of peace, hope, love and joy.”

“Writing unlocks the heart, mind and soul that we may be receptive to God's blessings.”

“As I drift through the autumn of my life like a fallen leaf blown about by the winds of time, I sometimes ponder my destiny.”

“As the year comes to a close, it is a time for reflection a time to release old thoughts and beliefs and forgive old hurts. Whatever has happened in the past year, the New Year brings fresh beginn...”

“Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become our mothers.”

“Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I shall recall the memory of warm, sunny, late summer afternoons like this one, and be comforted greatly.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on Se...”

“After we were hit on September 11, 2001, we were in a state of national shock. Less than six weeks later, on October 26 2001, the U.S.A. Patriot Act was passed by a Congress that had little chance ...”