An adventure is going into the unknown. If you know exactly where you are going, exactly how you will get there, and exactly what you will see along the way, it is not an adventure... Because they involve the unknown, adventures are inherently dangerous to a greater or lesser degree. Yet it is also only from adventures and their newness that we learn. If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.                                              - M. Scott Peck

In the moment...                       it's where I am...                                              it's where my spirit needs me to be. I've missed so many moments...                                              by trying to be someone I'm not,                                              or by trying to be someplace other than where I am. Perhaps that's why, on occasion, such sorrow swells inside of me...                                              as I feel the grief of lost moments come and gone. So I learn...               I learn to pay attention...                                               by absorbing what I see,                                               by understanding what I hear,                                               by savoring what I taste,                                               by knowing and appreciating what I feel, and                                               by embracing the very air that I breathe. Give me just one moment, and I shall treasure it for a lifetime. - Tammie Renea

If the only prayer you ever said in your lifetime was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.                         -  Meister Eckhart

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.                                                    - Albert Einstein

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy.  Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination.  Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.                                             - Roger Dawson

We do not see things as they are; We see things as we are.                                          - Talmud

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty.                                                    - L.P. Jacks

Why take by force that which you could obtain with love?                                                                  - Powhatan

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversation with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.                                      - Thomas Moore, PhD

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