In your quiet moments, what do you think about? How far you’ve come, or how far you have to go? Your strengths, or your weaknesses? The best that might happen, or the worst that might come to be? In your quiet moments, pay attention to your self-talk. Because maybe, just maybe, the only thing that needs to shift in order for you to experience more happiness, more love, and more vitality, is your way of thinking.

Be imperfectly perfect. We are not perfect for everyone, we are only perfect for those select few that love us for who we really are. And to those select few that still love us after they have taken the time to get to know who we are and what we’re all about, being imperfectly perfect is what they love about us.

Your physical appearance means nothing in the long term unless you have a beautiful heart and loving soul. Your heart is everything! The more you give your heart to life, the more beautiful you will become and the more your love and happiness will shine.

Be it in a church, a temple, the depth of a song, the expanse of the sky, the sound of the wind, or the quiet moments in between: It doesn’t matter where you find love and peace, as long as you find it.

Of all the things that can be stolen from you – your belongings, your youth, your health, your wealth, your rights – some things no one can ever steal from you is your freedom to choose what you believe in, and who and what your heart will love.

Think good thoughts. Speak kind words. Take good actions. These are three steps that will bring you more than you could imagine.

Never let someone's opinion become your reality. Never sacrifice who you are because someone else has a problem with it. Love who you are inside and out.

People will treat you the way that you allow them to treat you. If you don't like it, change the power you allow them to have over you.

Your mind is your private sanctuary; do not allow the negative beliefs of others to occupy it. Your skin is your barrier; do not allow others to get under it. Take control of your boundaries and what you allow yourself to absorb from others.

Be careful of the thoughts you think, because your heart can overhear them.

No one should have the power to make you feel small, unless you give them that power. Remember, you are the one with the power to create your happiness.

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.

When you are totally at peace within yourself, nothing can shake you.

Never let old shames keep you spinning in a stagnant sea of regrets. And never, ever let them sink you. For Life didn’t show you your mistakes so you could stay stuck in misgivings. It showed you where you went wrong so you might patch your vessel, pick up your lessons like oars, and row yourself down a more trustworthy route to happiness.

To have what you want, you must first want what you have. You must learn to be appreciative before you can ever be truly happy.

The key to happiness lies somewhere between positive thoughts and denial. Between effort and exhaustion. Between endless taking and incessant giving. Between trusting everyone and trusting no one. Between believing we are the center of the universe and not knowing we are a part of it. May we all seek the middle ground and know balance when we reach it.

Our thoughts are the makers of our moods, the inventors of our dreams, and the creators of our will. That is why we must sort through them carefully, and choose to respond only to those that will help us build the life we want, and the outlook we want to hold as we’re living it.