Roses Can Grow In Slums Just As

Sometimes Our Arms Are So Full With The Burdens We Carry That It Hinders Our View Of The Load Those Around Us Are Staggering Beneath.

We Are Chained To That Which We Do Not Forgive

. . . Harboring An Emotion As Powerful As Gratitude Has Power Of Its Own.

I Have Learned That Real Angels Don't Have Gossamer White Robes And Cherubic Skin, They Have Calloused Hands And Smell Of The Days' Sweat.

We Humans...are Seriously Flawed. The Things That Are The Most Necessary, The Most Critical To Us, Are The Things We Take Most For Granted. Air. Water. Love. If You Have Someone To Love, You Are Lucky. If They Love You Back, You're Blessed. And If You Waste The Time You Have To Love Them, You're A Fool. -the Christmas List- P. 296