What I think we as the church lack, though, is a place to talk about how things really are now. In our desire to be an inspiration to one another we often veil what is true, because what is true is not always inspirational. But hurting believers whose lives are in tatters often need real help. If we were able to put aside our need for approval long enough to be authentic, then, surely, we would be living as the church.

Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have.

Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

This is the best cure for melancholy: to set about doing something which will require muscular exertion and which will benefit others.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity.

I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.

What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

Liza. If I cant have kindness, I'll have independence. Higgins. Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.