“Take life a little more gladly, Every disappointment a little more lightly, Every heartache a little more positively, And you have a little more days to live.”

“Something of greater import, I think, is to say I’m blessed in infinitely many ways. But sometimes I just don’t see it.”

“Life is not so bad after all when you can breathe.”

“And sometimes I do freak out. Sometimes I get offended. I feel anxious, but it’s okay, because it usually goes away.”

“Pain changes people for better or for worse. It can change a fledging, naive person to a strong, courageous person or on the other end of the spectrum, sadly however, a devout and pious Christian to a smoking meathead.”

“We want instant lunch, instant cure, instant miracles, instant salary, instant success— instant everything. This instant civilization, we have obsessed with, has made us grow a tad too impatient in virtually everything about life. And, of course, that doesn’t serve us so well.”

“Life is like a rugby ball. You never know where it bounces next.”

“I know the struggles. I know the pain. I know the life because I live it too.”

“Take life a little more gladly, Every disappointment a little more lightly, Every heartache a little more positively, And you have a little more days to live.”