my suggestion was that every night, upon going to bed, he place a chair beside his bed and tell himself that Jesus was sitting in that chair all night, watching over him and lifting the burden of worry from his shoulders.

Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.

Let your heart be the light that guides your day and the experience that guides your night. see any bad situation as an experience, and you'll find it very easy to overcome any obstacle.

I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I

The point is that our body's core regulatory systems can be altered by traumatic experiences. A child exposed to unpredictable or extreme stress will become what we call dysregulated.

Even as an adult, as I tried to sleep, my mind was conditioned to stay in a constant state of arousal, prepared for attack.

Everything that happened to you can be used to strengthen you, if you allow it, if you're open to it.

I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer you've been searching for comes into focus. And as you walk into what you fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I have got to make everything that has happened to me good for me

Insecurity is worse than poverty.

All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.