“We navigate many paths each day, but how many sooth our souls and nourish our senses? Be aware of where you walk because the path you take can change your very essence.”

“We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do.”

“Mortality was never designed to torture you. It was designed to test you.”

“The hardest decision of the day is always the first decision you must make. It's the choice you make to TRY.”

“How many of us even know what our default state of being is? Check yours at random times; reset it to positive, grateful, disciplined or faithful. Don’t ever let it idle on negative, greedy, lax or doubtful.”

“Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive.”

“When my toes are sunk into warm sand and the ocean is lapping my feet, when I breathe in the scent of salt and hear the cry of a seagull, I know that I am returned to a place of restoration. I am home.I can heal here.”

“The defining moment when we finally admit, “I can’t do this alone. Its too much for me. Take it.”That’s the moment our heart cracks open, our will pours out and Christ stands ready with his arms stretched wide and his smile even wider.That’s the moment a miracle is born.”

“Faith isn't hearing the voice of God. It's listening and hearing nothing, but moving toward the miracle anyway. God hears us even when we don't hear him. Knowing that requires real faith.”

“Sometimes letting go is the hardest thing imaginable, yet holding on is even harder.”

“Christmas is about change. It’s a time we open our hearts before we open our presents.”