A Soft Answer Turns Away Anger.

The Reality Is, If You Go To The Library And Read Biographies, Thousands Of People Have Changed, Radically Changed. St. Augustine Was One Of Them. He Lived A Terrible A Life For The First 33 Years, And Then He Radically Changed.

Physically Abusive And Verbally Abuse Marriages Are Very, Very Difficult Situations. I Fully Understand People In Those Kinds Of Marriages Who Think There Is No Hope. I Also Know That The Advice That Is Given By Most People Is Simply... Get Out Of There As Fast As You Can.

Nobody Has The Power To Make You Miserable . . . Unless You Choose To Give Them That Power. Choose To Enjoy Every Drop Of Today!

One [reality] Is That I Am Responsible For My Attitude. I Can Be In Prison, And I Happen To Get A Chance To Go Outside. I Can Look At The Mud, Or I Can Look At The Stars. I Am The One Who Decides Which Way To Look. That Is True For Every One Of Us.

The In-love Experience Does Not Focus On Our Own Growth Or On The Growth And Development Of The Other Person. Rather, It Gives Us The Sense That We Have Arrived And That We Do Not Need Further Growth.