To do that means you will get messy, because life is messy. Yes, life is a gift, every day of it, but it isn't tied with a bow. - Regina Brett

"Why do you meditate? Does it make you a saint?" "No," the master replied. Does it make you more divine? "No," he shook his head. What, then, does it make you? "Awake," he replied. And how do you stay away? You breathe.

If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn't be in it.

He'd be the first to say God never gives us more than we were designed to carry. Some of us were designed for more, some for less. No matter what, even if we are asked to carry a portion of sky, it is beyond bearable. It is a gift.