Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can read more

Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully read more

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in read more

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you read more

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.